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Bhagavad-੭itā  As Jt ls
[Ch 7]
way of perceiving the Supreme. Practically speaking, there is no conflict between personalism and impersonalism. One who knows God knows that the impersonal conception and personal conception are simultaneously present in everything and that there is no contradiction. Therefore Lord Caitanya established His sublime doctrine:  acintya-bheda  and  abheda-tattvam —simultaneously one and different.
The light of the sun and the moon is also originally emanating from the  brahmajyoti , which is the impersonal effulgence of the Lord. Similarly  praṇava  or the  omkāra  transcendental sound used in the beginning of every Vedic hymn to address the Supreme Lord also emanates from Him. Because the impersonalists are very much afraid of addressing the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa by His innumerable names, they prefer to vibrate the transcendental sound  omkāra . But they do not realize that  omkāra  is the sound representation of Kṛṣṇa. The jurisdiction of Kṛṣṇa consciousness extends everywhere, and one who knows Kṛṣṇa consciousness is blessed. Those who do not know Kṛṣṇa are in illusion, and so knowledge of Kṛṣṇa is liberation, and ignorance of Him is bondage.
TEXT 9
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चासि विभावसौ । जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चासि तपस्विषु ॥९॥
punyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṁ ca tejaś cāsmi vibhāvasau jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣu tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu
puṇyaḥ —original;  gandhaḥ —fragrance;  pṛthivyām —in the earth;  ca —also;  tejaḥ —temperature;  ca —also;  asmi —I am;  vibhāvasau —in the fire;  jīvanam —life;  sarva —all;  bhūteṣu —living entities;  tapaḥ —penance;  ca —also;  asmi —I am;  tapasviṣu —in those who practice penance.
TRANSLATION
I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all ascetics.