The next morning Sannyāsī Mahāśaya found no opportunity to inquire from Premadāsa Bābājī, who was internally immersed in vraja-bhāva, mellows of service in the mood of the residents of Vraja. At midday, after accepting alms from the houses of the villagers, they sat together in the arbor known as śrī-mādhavī-mālatī maṇḍapa. Paramahaṁsa Bābājī Mahāśaya then began to speak compassionately: “Obest of the bhaktas, what conclusions have you reached after yesterday’s discussion on the subject of dharma?”
Feeling supreme bliss (paramānanda), Sannyāsī Ṭhākura asked, “Prabhu, if the jīva is infinitesimal, how can his eternal dharma be full and pure? And if the natural function of the jīva is formed at the time he is constituted, how can that function be eternal?”
When Paramahaṁsa Bābājī heard these two questions, he meditated on the lotus feet of Śrī Śacīnandana and then, smiling, said, “Respected sir, although the jīva is infinitesimal, his dharma is full and nitya (eternal). Minuteness is only a trait by which he is identified. Parabrahma Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra, is the one and only infinite substance (bṛhad-vastu), and the jīvas are His innumerable atomic particles. Like sparks emanating from an undivided fire, the jīvas emanate from Kṛṣṇa, who is the embodiment of immutable consciousness. Just as every spark is endowed with the potency of the complete fire, so each and every jīva is capable