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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 7]
apaśyat puruṣaṁ pūrṇam māyāṁ ca tad-apāśrayam
bhakti —devotional service;  yogena —by the process of linking up;  manasi —upon the mind;  samyak —perfectly;  praṇihite —engaged in and fixed upon;  amale —without any matter;  apaśyat —saw;  puruṣam —the Personality of Godhead;  pūrṇam —absolute;  māyām —energy;  ca —also;  tat —His;  apāśrayam —under full control.
TRANSLATION
Thus he fixed his mind, perfectly engaging it by linking it in devotional service [bhakti-yoga] without any tinge of materialism, and thus he saw the Absolute Personality of Godhead along with His external energy, which was under full control.
PURPORT
Perfect vision of the Absolute Truth is possible only by the linking process of devotional service. This is also confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā . One can perfectly realize the Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead only by the process of devotional service, and one can enter into the kingdom of God by such perfect knowledge. Imperfect realization of the Absolute by the partial approach of the impersonal Brahman or localized Paramātmā does not permit anyone to enter into the kingdom of God. Śrī Nārada advised Śrīla Vyāsadeva to become absorbed in transcendental meditation on the Personality of Godhead and His activities. Śrīla Vyāsadeva did not take notice of the effulgence of Brahman because that is not absolute vision. The absolute vision is the Personality of Godhead, as it is confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā :  Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti . In the  Upaniṣads  also it is confirmed that Vāsudeva, the Personality of Godhead, is covered by the golden glowing  hiraṇmayena pātreṇa  veil of impersonal Brahman, and when that curtain is removed by the mercy of the Lord the real face of the Absolute is seen. The Absolute is mentioned here as the  puruṣa  or person. The Absolute Personality of Godhead is mentioned in so many Vedic literatures, and in the  Bhagavad-gītā , the  puruṣa  is confirmed as the eternal and original person. The Absolute Personality of Godhead is the perfect person. The Supreme Person has manifold energies, out of which the internal, external and marginal energies are specifically important. The energy mentioned here is the external energy, as will be clear from the