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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 5]
the impersonal Brahman, which is but a partial representation of Nārāyaṇa, the Personality of Godhead. As we have explained before, the impersonal Brahman effulgence is only a part of the Personality of Godhead. Impersonal Brahman is situated on the person of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such, Brahman is the glorification of the Personality of the Godhead. This is confirmed both in the  Bhagavad-gītā  and in the  Matsya Purāṇa .  Gati  means ultimate destination, or the last word in liberation. To be one with the impersonal  brahmajyoti  is not ultimate liberation, but superior to that is the sublime association of the Personality of Godhead in one of the innumerable spiritual planets in the Vaikuṇṭha sky. Therefore the conclusion is that Nārāyaṇa, or the Personality of Godhead, is the ultimate destination for all kinds of  yoga  systems as well as all kinds of liberation.
TEXT 17
तस्यापि द्रष्टुरीशस्य क्रूयस्याखितात्मनः । मृज्यं मृजामि सृष्टोऽहमीक्षयैवाभिचोदितः ॥१७॥
tasyāpi draṣṭur īśasya kūṭa-sthasyākhilātmanaḥ srjyam srjāmi srṣṭo 'ham īkṣayaivābhicoditaḥ
tasya—His; api—certainly; draṣṭuḥ—of the seer; īśasya—of the controller; kūṭa-sthasya—of the one who is over everyone's intelligence; akhilātmanaḥ—of the Supersoul; srjyam—that which is already created; srjāmi—do I discover; srṣṭaḥ—created; aham—myself; īkṣayā—by glance over; eva—exactly; abhicoditaḥ—being inspired by Him.
TRANSLATION
Inspired by Him only, I discover what is already created by Him [Nārāyaṇa] under His vision as the all-pervading Supersoul, and I am also created by Him only.
PURPORT
Even Brahmā, the creator of the universe, admits that he is not the actual creator but is simply inspired by the Lord Nārāyaṇa and therefore