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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
niṣṭhām arhatha no vaktuṁ yūyaṁ hi brahma-vittamāḥ
“O best of the  brāhmaṇas , please tell us of the position of Nārāyaṇa, who is also known as Brahman and Paramātmā.”
sthity-udbhava-pralaya-hetur ahetur asya yat svapna-jāgara-suṣuptiṣu sad bahiś ca dehendriyāsu-hṛdayāni caranti yena sañjīvitāni tad avehi paraṁ narendra
“O King, know Him who is causeless and yet is the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation. He exists in the three states of consciousness—namely waking, dreaming and deep sleep—as well as beyond them. He enlivens the body, the senses, the breath of life, and the heart, and thus they move. Know Him to be supreme.”
TEXT 25
ভক্তিযোগে ভক্ত পান্ন যাঁহার দর্শন । সূর্য যেন সবিত্রহ দেখে দেবগণ ॥ ২৫ ॥
bhakti-yoge bhakta pāya yāṅhāra darśana sūrya yena savigraha dekhe deva-gaṇa
SYNONYMS
bhakti-yoge —by devotional service;  bhakta —the devotee;  pāya —obtains;  yāṅhāra —whose;  darśana —sight;  sūrya —the sun-god;  yena —like;  sa-vigraha —with form;  dekhe —they see;  deva-gaṇa —the denizens of heaven.
TRANSLATION
Through their service, devotees see that Personality of Godhead, just as the denizens of heaven see the personality of the sun.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has His :ternal form, which cannot be seen by material eyes or mental speculation. Only by transcendental devotional service can one understand the transcendental form of the Lord. The comparison is made here to the qualifications for viewing the personal features of the sun-god. The sun-god is a person who, although not visible to our eyes, is seen from the higher planets by the demigods, whose eyes are suitable for seeing through the glaring sunshine that surrounds him. Every planet has its own atmosphere according to the influence of the arrangement of material nature. It is therefore necessary to have a particular type of bodily construction to reach a particular planet. The inhabitants of