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CC Madhya 25.132



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 132

vadanti tat tattva-vidas
tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam
brahmeti paramātmeti
bhagavān iti śabdyate


SYNONYMS

vadanti — they say; tat — that; tattva-vidaḥ — those who know the Absolute Truth; tattvam — the ultimate goal; yat — which; jñānam advayam — identical knowledge; brahma iti — as the impersonal Brahman; paramātmā iti — as the Supersoul; bhagavān iti — as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śabdyate — it is described.


TRANSLATION

"'The Absolute Truth is known by the self-realized souls as a unified identity known by different names—impersonal Brahman, localized Paramātmā, and Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.'


PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 1.2.11). For an explanation see Adi-līlā, Chapter 2, text 11.