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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
the controller of all living entities. This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā , wherein Lord Kṛṣṇa says,  sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ : “I am situated in everyone’s heart.” (Bg. 15.15)  Bhagavad-gītā  also states (Bg. 5.29),  bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram , indicating that the Supreme Lord, acting in His expansion as the Supersoul, is the proprietor of everything. Similarly, the  Brahma-saṁhitā  states,  aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham : the Lord is present everywhere, within the heart of every living entity and within each and every atom as well. Thus by this Supersoul feature the Lord is all-pervading.
Furthermore, Lord Caitanya is also the master of all wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation because He is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is described as  pūṃa , or complete. In the feature of Lord Caitanya, the Lord is an ideal renouncer, just as Śrī Rāma was an ideal king. He accepted the order of  sannyāsa  and exemplified exceedingly wonderful principles in His own life. No one can compare to Him in the order of  sannyāsa . Although in Kali-yuga acceptance of the  sannyāsa  order is generally forbidden, Lord Caitanya accepted it because He is complete in renunciation. Others cannot imitate Him but can only follow in His footsteps as far as possible. Those who are unfit for this order of life are strictly forbidden by the injunctions of the  śāstras  to accept it. Lord Caitanya, however, is complete in renunciation as well as all other opulences. He is therefore the highest principle of the Absolute Truth.
By an analytical study of the truth of Lord Caitanya, one will find that He is not different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa; no one is greater than or even equal to Him. In  Bhagavad-gītā  Lord Kṛṣṇa says to Arjuna,  mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya : “O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me.” (Bg. 7.7) Thus it is here confirmed that there is no truth higher than Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
The impersonal Brahman is the goal of those who cultivate the study of books of transcendental knowledge, and the Supersoul is the goal of those who perform the  yoga  practices. One who knows the Supreme Personality of Godhead surpasses realization of both Brahman and Paramātmā because Bhagavān is the ultimate platform of absolute knowledge.
The Personality of Godhead is the complete form of  sac-cid-ānanda  (full life, knowledge and bliss). By realization of the  sat  portion of the Complete Whole (unlimited existence), one realizes the impersonal Brahman of the Lord. By realization of the  cit  portion of the Complete Whole (unlimited knowledge), one can realize the localized aspect of the Lord, Paramātmā. But neither of these partial realizations of the Complete Whole can help one realize  ānanda , or complete bliss. Without such realization of  ānanda , knowledge of the Absolute Truth is incomplete.
This verse of  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī is confirmed by a parallel statement in the  Tattva-sandarbha  by Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. In the Eighth Part of  Tattva-sandarbha  it is said that the Absolute Truth is sometimes approached as impersonal Brahman, which, although spiritual, is only a partial representation of the Absolute Truth. Nārāyaṇa, the predominating Deity in Vaikuṇṭha, is to be known as an expansion of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, but Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the object of the transcendental love of all living entities.