The term 'vishnu' means, all-pervasive (vish, pravishyati). that which pervades everything. Lord Vishnu Bhagavan is the unmanifest aspect of 'brahmn'. He is Shree Krishna ,here in the Bhagavad-Gita.. Bhagavan Shree Krishna says, "This whole world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form." (Gita Ch.9 verse.4).
This unmanifest aspect of Vishnu is something that is not easy for us, mortals, to understand so easily for it involves a deeper study. our ability to understand is much limited. We cannot think beyond a certain limit! We may need an attained person, a jnyani, to initiate us to the spiritual realm so that we start thinking at a higher level. Otherwise, we go on round and round thinking of the same thing as a riddle and may not make a head or tail of it. The Verses 4and 5 seem to be a riddle. Let's analyze these verses a little further and try to understand the deeper spiritual aspects.
The selected verses above are of serious nature. These call for an in-depth analysis. The supreme Lord says that He has pervaded everything exists, but all these are not Him. He also states that He is established in everything, but still He is not them! Further, He says, albeit He is there in everything, nothing exists in Him! Neither He is, nor He is not! He is everything and He is not anything! Now these statements of the Lord create confusion.
The verses cited above state that He, the supreme Lord exists just as the wind exists in space! Even though the air exists in space, the air is not attached to space, nor does the sky attached to space! Just similar to this, The Lord is seated in the Lotus Heart (hrit-kamala) of all beings, but not attached to the body! He, the paramatman, is unmanifest and is seated as the unmanifest Atman providing chaitanya, prana-shakti (Life-force), prajmya (Consciousness), and support the living beings during the stipulated period.
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