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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 7]
controller, who is the twenty-sixth subject. When one understands all of these twenty-six subjects, he becomes  adhyātma-vit , an expert in understanding the distinction between matter and spirit. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (13.3),  kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānam : understanding of the  kṣetra  (the constitution of the body) and of the individual soul and the Supersoul constitutes real  jñāna , or knowledge. Unless one ultimately understands that the Supreme Lord is eternally related with the individual soul, one's knowledge is imperfect. This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.19):
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ
“After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.” Everything, material and spiritual, consists of various energies of Vāsudeva, to whom the individual soul, the spiritual part of the Supreme Lord, is subordinate. Upon understanding this perfect knowledge, one surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ ).
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देहस्तु सर्वसंघातो जगत् तस्युरिति द्विधा । अत्रैव मृग्यः पुरुषो नेति नेतीत्यतत् त्यजन् ॥२३॥
dehas tu sarva-saṅghāto jagat tasthur iti dvidhā atraiva mṛgyaḥ puruṣo neti netīty atat tyajan
dehaḥ —the body;  tu —but;  sarva-saṅghātaḥ —the combination of all the twenty-four elements;  jagat —seen to be moving;  tasthuḥ —and standing in one place;  iti —thus;  dvidhā —two kinds;  atra eva —in this matter;  mṛgyaḥ —to be searched for;  puruṣaḥ —the living entity, the