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Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

tadā puruṣa ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ prakṛteḥ param nirantaraṁ svayaṁ-jyotir aṇimānam akhaṇḍitam

[SB 3.25.17]

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"At that time the soul can see himself to be transcendental to the material existence and always self-effulgent, never fragmented, …

Prabhupāda:

tadā puruṣa ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ prakṛteḥ param nirantaraṁ svayaṁ-jyotir aṇimānam akhaṇḍitam

[SB 3.25.17]

This is self-realization. Self-realization means to see one's proper identity. At the present moment we are not finding out our …

dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ...

[Bg. 2.13]

So when we can see that we are not this body, "I am not this body," that is beginning of …

So what is the identification of the jīva, of the soul? Very minute. Aṇimānam. Very, very minute, infinitesimal. God is …

Therefore here it is said, akhaṇḍitam. Akhaṇḍitam means not that the sky within the pot is fragmented from the whole …

yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

[Bs. 5.48]

The millions of universes are coming from the breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu. So that is a little idea of the greatness …

athavā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna viṣṭabhyam āham kṛtsnam ekāṁśena sthito jagat

[Bg. 10.42]

"This jagat, this material world, is situated on the strength of one part of Me."