Whether we go to swarga or Naraka, the human body or the insect body…There is someone who is always with us. He never leaves us. Who is he?

“अन्तर्यामिस्वरूपं च सर्वेषां बन्धुवत् स्थितम्”

“स्वर्ग नरक प्रवेशेऽपि बन्धुरात्मा हि केशव”

He is Vishnu. He remains inside each aatma as antaryaami paramaatma. The motive of his presence is niyaman or controlling. If he was not present as antaryami at any point of time, the very existence of jeevatma itself would have ended.

Though, we have been disappointing him, through millions of births, thankfully he never gave up on us and for the very purpose of saving us, he is indwelling inside each of us as antaryaami.

य आत्मानमन्तरो यमयति,
अन्तःप्रविष्टः शास्ता जनानाम्,
शास्ता विष्णुरशेषस्य जगतो यो हृदि स्थित:

There are multiple pramanas in Vedas which prove that Bhagwan is an antaryami aatma of each jeevatma. He is controlling and holding each jeevatma from inside.

The presence of Bhagwan as antaryaami is just by swarupam i.e. without and rupa or form. He is not present with body as antaryaami.

However, for upasakas, he appears in their heart sky with a divya mangal vigraha, as per the upaasya ruchi of the upaasaka, to drive his upaasana.

“अंगुष्ठ मात्रः पुरुषो ज्योतिरिवाधूमक”
“नीलतोयदमध्यस्था विद्युल्लेखेव भास्वरा”

These are the pramanas which the saakaar form of Bhagwan in the heart of upaasakas. However, for all general people, the presence of antaryaami is without form.

If we accept Antaryaami as Saakaara vigraha then we would end up in ‘Anavastha dosha’. The Saakaara Bhagwan is with his divya body. He is antaryaami of his divya Shuddha-Sattva-maya body as well. Now, that antaryaami is also with a body. Again its antaryami.

It will to endless and that is what we call Anavastha dosha.

It can be understood as Infinite regression.

If Antaryaami inside a jeevatma is with body, then again Bhagwan will be the antaryaami of his body. That antaryaami is again with body… This will go to infinite regression.

Bhagwan’s body is made of gyaanandamaya achit tattvas. Bhagwan is antaryaami of everything, including his body.