Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4
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TRANSLATION
“The condition of pure goodness [śuddha-sattva], in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears uncovered, is called vasudeva. In that pure state the Supreme Godhead, who is beyond the material senses and who is known as Vāsudeva, is perceived by my mind.”
PURPORT
This text from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (4.3.23), spoken by Lord Śiva when he condemned Dakṣa, the father of Satī, as an opponent of Viṣṇu, confirms beyond a doubt that Lord Kṛṣṇa, His name, His fame, His qualities and everything in connection with His paraphernalia exist in the  sandhinī śakti  of the Lord’s internal potency.
TEXT 67
कृष्णे ह्यगवत्तुञ्जान—सर्वित्रे सार ।
अक्षज्ञानादिक सव तार परिवार ॥ ७१ ॥
kṛṣṇe bhagavattā-jñāna—samvitera sāra brahma-jñānādika saba tāra parivāra
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇe —in Kṛṣṇa;  bhagavattā —of the quality of being the original Supreme Personality of Godhead;  jñāna —knowledge;  samvitera —of the knowledge potency;  sāra —the essence;  brahma-jñāna —knowledge of Brahman;  ādika —and so on;  saba —all;  tāra —of that;  parivāra —dependents.
TRANSLATION
The essence of the samvit potency is knowledge that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is Lord Kṛṣṇa. All other kinds of knowledge, such as the knowledge of Brahman, are its components.
PURPORT
The activities of the  samvit-śakti  produce the effect of cognition. Both the Lord and the living entities are cognizant. Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has full knowledge of everything everywhere, and therefore there are no hindrances to His cognition. He can have knowledge merely by glancing over an object, whereas innumerable impediments block the cognition of ordinary living beings. The cognition of the living beings has three divisions: direct knowledge, indirect knowledge and perverted knowledge. Sense perception of material objects by the mundane senses, such as the eye, ear, nose and hand, always produces definitely perverted knowledge. This illusion is a presentation of the material energy, which is influenced by the  samvit-śakti  in a perverted manner. Negative cognition of an object beyond the reach of sense perception is the way of indirect knowledge, which is not altogether imperfect but which produces only fragmentary