Ādi-līlā, Chapter 2
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PURPORT
Some scholars argue that Nārāyaṇa is the original Personality of Godhead of whom Kṛṣṇa is an incarnation because Śrī Kṛṣṇa has two hands whereas Nārāyaṇa has four. Such unintelligent scholars do not understand the features of the Absolute.
TEXT 62
এইমতে নানারূপ করে পূর্বপক্ষ । তাহারে নির্জিতে ভাগবত-পত্ন দক্ষ ॥ ৬২ ॥
ei-mate nānā-rūpa kare pūrva-pakṣa tāhāre nirjite bhāgavata-padya dakṣa
SYNONYMS
ei-mate—thus; nānā—many; rūpa—forms; kare—takes; pūrva-pakṣa—the objections; tāhāre—them; nirjite—overcoming; bhāgavata—of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; padya—poetry; dakṣa—expert.
TRANSLATION
In this way their arguments appear in various forms, but the poetry of the Bhāgavatam expertly refutes them all.
TEXT 63
বদস্তি তত্ত্ববিদত্ত্বং যজ্ঞানমঘয়ম্ । ব্রহ্মেতি পরমাত্মেতি ভগবানিতি শব্দ্যতে ॥ ৬৩ ॥
vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jñānam advayam brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate
SYNONYMS
vadanti—they say; tat—that; tattva-vidaḥ—learned souls; tattvam—the Absolute Truth; yat—which; jñānam—knowledge; advayam—nondual; brahma—Brahman; iti—thus; paramātmā—Paramātmā; iti—thus; bhagavān—Bhagavān; iti—thus; śabdyate—is known.
TRANSLATION
“Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth say that it is nondual knowledge and is called impersonal Brahman, localized Paramātmā and the Personality of Godhead.”