Text 1171
The Residents of Vārānasī Become Vaisnavas
359
TRANSLATION
“Impersonalists do not accept the personal feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Personality of Godhead is stressed in this verse in order to impress upon them the necessity of accepting Him. Therefore the word “aham” is mentioned three times. To stress something important, one repeats it three times.
TEXT 11b
এই সব শব্দে হয়—‘জ্ঞান’-‘বিজ্ঞান’-বিবেক । মায়া-কার্য, মায়া হৈতে আমি—ব্যতিরেক ॥ ১১৬ ॥
ei saba śabde haya—‘jñāna’-‘vijñāna’-viveka māyā-kārya, māyā haite āmi—vyatireka
SYNONYMS
ei saba —all these;  śabde —in the words;  haya —there is;  jñāna —of real spiritual knowledge;  vijñāna —of the practical application of the knowledge;  viveka —consideration;  māyā-kārya —the activities of the external energy;  māyā haite —from the activities of the material energy;  āmi —l;  vyatireka —distinct.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘Actual spiritual knowledge and its practical application are considered in all these sound vibrations. Although the external energy comes from Me, I am different from it.
TEXT 1177
যৈছে সূর্যের স্থানে ভাসয়ে ‘আভাস’। সূর্য বিনা স্বতন্ত্র তার না হয় প্রকাশ ॥ ১১৭ ॥
yaiche sūryera sthāne bhāsaye ‘ābhāsa’ sūrya vinā svatantra tāra nā haya prakāśa
SYNONYMS
yaiche —just as;  sūryera —of the sun;  sthāne —in place;  bhāsaye —appears;  ābhāsa —the illumination;  sūrya vinā —without the sun;  svatantra —independently;  tāra —of that;  nā haya —is not;  prakāśa —manifestation.
TRANSLATION
“Sometimes a reflection of the sun is experienced in place of the sun, but its illumination is never possible independent of the sun.