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[Bs. 5.40]

The Brahman effulgence is the bodily glowing of Kṛṣṇa. Yasya prabhā. When Kṛṣṇa expands His bodily effulgence, then everything generates. …

So brahmeti paramātmeti. If we try to understand the Absolute Truth, then we can approach only up to the impersonal …

athavā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam ekāṁśena sthito jagat

[Bg. 10.42]

The Paramātmā feature is one-fourth part expansion of Kṛṣṇa's bodily expansion.

[aside:] Shall I stop here? [break]

So Bhagavān is the ultimate Absolute Truth. Therefore Kṛṣṇa confirms it, mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat. You go, make progress. You understand …

Another example is = just like if you see a mountain. Just like surrounding your this place, Tirupati, there are …

Similarly, Kṛṣṇa says, janma karma me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ [Bg. 4.9]. The same thing, tattvataḥ. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam. …

But that understanding, how it can be achieved, that is explained in the next verse:

tac chraddadhānā munayo jñāna-vairāgya-yuktayā paśyanty ātmani ca atmānaṁ bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā

[SB 1.2.12]

Bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā. You have to hear of Kṛṣṇa in devotion, bhaktyā, not as nondevotee. A nondevotee cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. He …

So as it is stated here in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, paśyanty ātmani ca ātmānam, this is paramātma-darśana, ātmani. Or there is …

premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

[Bs. 5.38]

So one has to learn the art of seeing the Absolute Truth in three features---as Bhagavān, as Paramātmā and as …

Therefore in the Bhagavad-gītā also it is said, "The basic principle is bhakti." Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ …

vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam