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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
devotee knows that when he chants the transcendental name Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Kṛṣṇa is present as transcendental sound. He therefore chants with full respect and veneration. When he sees the forms of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, he does not see anything different from the Lord. If one sees otherwise, he must be considered untrained in absolute knowledge. This lack of absolute knowledge is called  māyā . One who is not Kṛṣṇa conscious is ruled by the spell of  māyā  under the control of a duality in knowledge. In the Absolute, all manifestations of the Supreme Lord are nondual, just as the multi-farious forms of  Viṣṇu , the controller of  māyā , are nondual. Empiric philosophers who pursue the impersonal Brahman accept only the knowledge that the personality of the living entity is not different from the personality of the Supreme Lord, and mystic  yogīs  who try to locate the Paramātmā accept only the knowledge that the pure soul is not different from the Supersoul. The absolute conception of a pure devotee, however, includes all others. A devotee does not see anything except in its relationship with Kṛṣṇa, and therefore his realization is the most perfect of all.
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তাঁহার অঙ্গের শুদ্ধ কিরণ-মণ্ডল । উপনিষৎ কহে তাঁরে ত্রজ্জ সুনির্মল ॥ ১২ ॥
tāṅhāra aṅgera śuddha kiraṇa-maṇḍala upaniṣat kahe tāṅre brahma sunirmala
SYNONYMS
tāṅhāra —His;  aṅgera —of the body;  śuddha —pure;  kiraṇa —of rays;  maṇḍala —realm;  upaniṣat —the  Upaniṣads ;  kahe —say;  tāṅre —unto that;  brahma —Brahman;  su-nirmala —transcendental.
TRANSLATION
What the  Upaniṣads  call the transcendental, impersonal Brahman is the realm of the glowing effulgence of the same Supreme Person.
PURPORT
A  mantra  of the  Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad  (2.2.10-12) gives information regarding the bodily effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It states:
hiraṇmaye pare kośe virajaṁ brahma niṣkalam tac chubhraṁ jyotiṣāṁ jyotis tad yad ātma-vido viduḥ
na tatra sūryo bhāti na candra-tārakaṁ nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto 'yam agniḥ tam eva bhāntam anubhāti sarvaṁ tasya bhāsā sarvam idaṁ vibhāti