Mantra Fifteen
81
Perfect knowledge means to know the root of  Brahman . The root of  Brahman  is Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and in scriptures such as the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  the science of Kṛṣṇa is perfectly elaborated. In the  Bhāgavatam , the author, Śrīla Vyāsadeva, has established by realization that the Supreme Truth is described either as  Brahman ,  Paramātman  or  Bhagavān . But he has never said that the Supreme Truth is anywhere described as  jīva , the ordinary living entity. Therefore the living entity is not the all-powerful Supreme Truth. Otherwise, there would be no need of prayer by the entity for the Lord to remove the dazzling cover in order to see His real face.
The conclusion is, therefore, that in the absence of potent manifestations of the Supreme Truth, the impersonal  Brahman  is realized. Similarly, when there is realization of the material potencies of the Lord, with little or no information of the spiritual potency, it is called  Paramātman  realization. Therefore, both  Brahman  and  Paramātman  realization of the Absolute Truth are partial realizations. But when one realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, in full potency after the removal of the  hiraṇmaya-pātra , as is prayed for in this  mantra , then he realizes that  Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti : Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, known as Vāsudeva, is everything— Brahman ,  Paramātman  and  Bhagavān . He is  Bhagavān , the root, and  Brahman  and  Paramātman  are His branches.
In the  Bhagavad-gītā  there is a comparative analysis of the three grades of transcendentalists, known as  jñānins , the worshipers of the impersonal  Brahman , the  yogis , or worshipers of the  Paramātman  feature, and  bhaktas , or devotees of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It is stated in the  Gītā  that amongst all types of transcendentalists, one who is a  jñāni , who has cultured the Vedic knowledge, is supreme. Yet the  yogis  are still more than the  jñānins . The  yogis  are far superior to fruitive workers as well. And amongst all kinds of  yogis , “the one who constantly serves the Lord with all his energy is topmost.”
The summary is that a philosopher is better than a laboring