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CC Adi 7.129



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 129

sarvāśraya īśvarera praṇava uddeśa
‘tat tvam asi’—vākya haya vedera ekadeśa


SYNONYMS

sarva-āśraya — the reservoir of everything; īśvarera — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; praṇavaoṁkāra; uddeśa — purpose; tat tvam asi — the Vedic mantra tat tvam asi (“you are the same”); vākya — statement; haya — becomes; vedera — of the Vedic literature; eka-deśa — partial understanding.


TRANSLATION

“It is the purpose of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to present praṇava [oṁkāra] as the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge. The words ‘tat tvam asi’ are only a partial explanation of the Vedic knowledge.


PURPORT

Tat tvam asi means “you are the same spiritual identity.”