Verse 1.16.78

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.78:

এক শুধ নিত্য-বস্তু অখণ্ড অব্যয পরিপূর্ণ হৈযা বৈসে সবার হৃদয ॥ ৭৮ ॥

एक शुध नित्य-वस्तु अखण्ड अव्यय परिपूर्ण हैया वैसे सबार हृदय ॥ ७८ ॥

eka śudha nitya-vastu akhaṇḍa avyaya paripūrṇa haiyā vaise sabāra hṛdaya || 78 ||

eka sudha nitya-vastu akhanda avyaya paripurna haiya vaise sabara hrdaya (78)

English translation:

(78) The pure, eternal, nondual, inexhaustible Lord sits in the heart of everyone.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The Supreme Lord is pure, free from contamination, and untouched by sinful reactions. He is imperishable and ever-existing. The Supreme Lord cannot be divided by secular consideration. The Supreme Lord does not expand or diminish under the control of the time factor. Therefore He resides in the hearts of all living entities, including the Hindus and Moslems, as the undivided Supersoul. The same Lord who is situated in the hearts of the Moslems is situated in the hearts of the Hindus. Being impure as a result of aversion to the Supreme Lord from time immemorial and thus under the control of temporary misconceptions based on mundane time, place, and person, the living entities consider themselves the enjoyers and become averse to the service of the Lord due to not understanding the undivided Supersoul as the complete whole.

Rather, they wrongly consider Him a fragmented living entity like themselves. If only they give up their concocted material enjoyment and mental speculation based on the desire for liberation and engage in devotional service, then they will know Him as the only worshipable Lord.