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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 6]
The consciousness of the soul becomes polluted by the material atmosphere, and thus various activities are exhibited in the false ego of bodily identification. These various activities are described in  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 2.41) as  bahu-śakhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo 'vyavasāyinām . The conditioned soul is bewildered into various activities for want of pure consciousness. In pure consciousness the activity is one. The consciousness of the individual soul becomes one with the supreme consciousness when there is complete synthesis between the two.
The monist believes that there is only one consciousness, whereas the  sātvatas , or the devotees, believe that although there is undoubtedly one consciousness, they are one because there is agreement. The individual consciousness is advised to dovetail with the supreme consciousness, as instructed by the Lord in  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 18.66):  sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam śaraṇam vraja . The individual consciousness (Arjuna) is advised to dovetail with the supreme consciousness and thus maintain his conscious purity. It is foolish to try to stop the activities of consciousness, but they can be purified when they are dovetailed with the Supreme. This consciousness is divided into three modes of self-identification according to the proportion of purity:  ādhyātmic  or self-identification with the body and mind,  ādhibhautic  or self-identification with the material products, and  ādhidaivic  or self-identification as a servant of the Lord. Of the three,  ādhidaivic  self-identification is the beginning of purity of consciousness in pursuance of the desire of the Lord.
TEXT 8
एष शशेषसत्त्वानामात्मांशः परमात्मनः । अद्योऽत्रतारो यत्रासौ भूतग्रामो विभाव्यते ॥ ८ ॥
eṣa hy aśeṣa-sattvānām ātmāmśaḥ paramātmanaḥ ādyo 'vatāro yatrāsau bhūta-grāmo vibhāvyate
eṣah—this; hi—certainly; aśeṣa—unlimited; sattvānām—living entities; ātmā—Self; amśaḥ—part; paramātmanaḥ—of the Supersoul; ādyaḥ—the first; avatāraḥ—incarnation; yatra—whereupon; asau—all those; bhūta-grāmaḥ—the aggregate creations; vibhāvyate—flourish.
TRANSLATION
The gigantic universal form of the Supreme Lord is the first incarnation and plenary portion of the Supersoul. He is the Self of an unlimited