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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 26]
anādir ātmā puruṣo nirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ pratyag-dhāmā svayam-jyotir viśvam yena samanvitam
anādiḥ—without a beginning; ātmā—the Supreme Soul; puruṣaḥ—the Personality of Godhead; nirguṇaḥ—transcendental to the material modes of nature; prakṛteḥ paraḥ—beyond this material world; pratyak-dhāmā—perceivable everywhere; svayam-jyotiḥ—self-effulgent; viśvam—the entire creation; yena—by whom; samanvitam—is maintained.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Supreme Soul, and He has no beginning. He is transcendental to the material modes of nature and beyond the existence of this material world. He is perceivable everywhere because He is self-effulgent, and by His self-effulgent luster the entire creation is maintained.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described as being without beginning. He is  puruṣa , the Supreme Spirit.  Puruṣa  means person. When we think of a person in our present experience, that person has a beginning. This means that he has taken birth and that there is a history from the beginning of his life. But the Lord is particularly mentioned here as  anādi , beginningless. If we examine all persons, we will find that everyone has a beginning, but when we approach a person who has no beginning, He is the Supreme Person. That is the definition given in the  Brahma-samhitā .  Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ : The Supreme Personality of Godhead is  Kṛṣṇa , the supreme controller; He is without beginning, and He is the beginning of everyone. This definition is found in all Vedic literatures.
The Lord is described as the soul or spirit. What is the definition of spirit? Spirit is perceivable everywhere. Brahman means great. His greatness is perceived everywhere. And what is that greatness? Consciousness. We have personal experience of consciousness, for it is spread all over the body; in every hair follicle of our body we can feel consciousness. This is individual consciousness. Similarly, there is Superconsciousness. The example can be given of a small light and the sunlight. The sunlight is perceived everywhere, even within the room or in the sky, but the small light is experienced within a specific limit. Similarly, our consciousness is