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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 9]
Therefore, spiritual nature is called  avabodha-rasa , or  avarodha-rasa .  Avarodha  means that which completely nullifies. In the Transcendence there is no chance of material contact by any means. Brahmā is the first living being, and therefore he mentions his birth from the lotus flower generated from the abdomen of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
TEXT 3
नातः परं परम यद्भवतः स्वरूप- मानन्दमात्रमविकल्पमविद्वचर्यः । पश्यामि विश्वसृजमेकमविश्वमात्मन् भूतेन्द्रियात्मकमदस्त उपाश्रितोऽस्मि॥३॥
nātaḥ paraṁ parama yad bhavataḥ svarūpam ānanda-mātram avikalpam aviddha-varcaḥ paśyāmi viśva-srjam ekam aviśvam ātman bhūtendriyātmaka-madas ta upāśrito 'smi
na—do not; ataḥ param—hereafter; parama—O Supreme; yat—that which; bhavataḥ—of Your Lordship; svarūpam—eternal form; ānanda-mātram—impersonal Brahman effulgence; avikalpam—without changes; aviddha-varcaḥ—without deterioration of potency; paśyāmi—do I see; viśva-srjam—creator of the cosmic manifestation; ekam—one without a second; aviśvam—and yet not of matter; ātman—O Supreme Cause; bhūta—body; indriya—senses; ātmaka—on such identification; madaḥ—pride; te—unto You; upāśritaḥ—surrendered; asmi—I am.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, I do not see a form superior to Your present form of eternal bliss and knowledge. In Your impersonal Brahman effulgence in the spiritual sky, there is no occasional change and no deterioration of internal potency. I surrender unto You because, whereas I am proud of my material body and senses, Your Lordship is the cause of the cosmic manifestation and yet You are untouched by matter.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 18.55),  bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ : the Supreme Personality of Godhead can only be partially known, and only by the process of devotional service to the