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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 7]
Supreme Lord upon whom everything rests ( mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat ). Thus we must study the  ātmā  and Paramātmā—the individual soul and the Supersoul—upon whom the entire material cosmic manifestation rests. This is explained by the Vedic statement  yato vā imāni bhūtāni jāyante. yena jātāni jīvanti .
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बुद्धेर्जागरणं स्वप्नः सुषुप्तिरिति वृत्तयः । ता येनैवानुभूयन्ते सोऽध्यक्षः पुरुषः परः ॥२५॥
buddher jāgaraṇaṁ svapnaḥ suṣuptir iti vṛttayaḥ tā yenaivānubhūyante so 'dhyakṣaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ
buddheḥ —of the intelligence;  jāgaraṇaṁ —the waking or active state of the gross senses;  svapnaḥ —dreaming (the activity of the senses without the gross body);  suṣuptiḥ —deep sleep or cessation of all activities (although the living entity is the seer);  iti —thus;  vṛttayaḥ —the various transactions;  tāḥ —they;  yena —by whom;  eva —indeed;  anubhūyante —are perceived;  saḥ —that;  adhyakṣaḥ —overseer (who is different from the activities);  puruṣaḥ —the enjoyer;  paraḥ —transcendental.
TRANSLATION
Intelligence can be perceived in three states of activity—wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep. The person who perceives these three is to be considered the original master, the ruler, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
Without intelligence one cannot understand the direct activities of the senses, nor can he understand dreaming or the cessation of all gross and subtle activities. The seer and controller is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Soul, by whose direction the individual soul can understand when he is awake, when he is sleeping, and when he is com-