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Śrī Īśopaniṣad
Paramātman , or all-pervading feature of the Supreme, one experiences a still more auspicious enlightenment, and by meeting the Personality of Godhead face to face, the devotee experiences the most auspicious feature of the Supreme. Being addressed as the Philosopher, the Maintainer, the Well-wisher, and so forth, the Supreme Truth cannot be considered impersonal. That is the indication of  Śrī Īśopaniṣad . The word Maintainer is especially significant: The Lord maintains His devotees specifically, although He is the Maintainer of one and all beings. By surpassing the impersonal  Brahma-jyoti , when the devotee sees the personal aspect of the Lord and His most auspicious eternal form, then the devotee realizes the Absolute Truth in full. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī says in his  Bhāgavata-sandarbha  as follows:
The complete conception of the Absolute Truth is realized in the Personality of Godhead, because He is Almighty, with full potency in transcendence. In the  Brahma-jyoti  the full potency of the Absolute Truth is not realized, and therefore  Brahman  realization is only partial realization of the Personality of Godhead. O learned sages, the first letter of the word  Bhagavān  is twice significant: first in the sense of “one who fully maintains,” and second in the sense of “guardian.” The second letter— ga —means guide, leader or creator. The letter  va  (or  ba ) means that every being lives in Him, and He also lives in every being. In other words, the transcendental sound  Bhagavān  represents the infinite knowledge, potency, energy, opulence, strength and influence, all without any linge of material inebrieties.
The Lord fully maintains His unalloyed devotees, and He guides such devotees progressively on the path of devotional perfection. As Leader of His devotees, He ultimately awards the desired result of devotional service by giving Himself to