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

devahutir uvāca prakṛteḥ puruṣasyāpi lakṣaṇaṁ puruṣottama brūhi kāraṇayor asya sad-asac ca yad-ātmakam

[SB 3.26.9]

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"Devahūti said = O Supreme Personality of Godhead, kindly explain the characteristics of the Supreme Person and His energies, because …

Prabhupāda:

prakṛteḥ puruṣasyāpi lakṣaṇaṁ puruṣottama brūhi kāraṇayor asya sad-asac ca yad-ātmakam

[SB 3.26.9]

So Kapiladeva is addressed here as Puruṣottama. Puruṣottama. The living entities, the Supersoul and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Living …

So Devahūti wants elucidation of the characteristics of puruṣa and prakṛti. So puruṣa is one, but prakṛti, there are many …

So puruṣa is accompanied by varieties of energies. In the Upaniṣad it is stated,

na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate na tat-samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate...

[Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8, Cc. Madhya 13.65 purport]

Para, the Supreme Lord, Absolute Truth, has multi-energy. So the multi-energy is divided into three division. That is called antaraṅga-śakti, …

So, so far in this material conception of life there are two puruṣas: one, the living entity, and the other …

So the Supersoul is also living with the..., along with these ordinary living entities as friends. That is described in …

We cannot do anything without the knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Paramātmā feature. He is fulfilling …

So brūhi kāraṇayor asya sad-asac ca yad-ātmakam. So the uttama-puruṣa, Puruṣottama, just like Kṛṣṇa or Kapiladeva, They come within this …

But the Puruṣottama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is never become affected by the material nature. This is the …

[aside:] If you like, you can read that. Or you can read this purport of the ninth verse.