40 Sri Isopanisad
MANTRA EIGHT

T TAT O HTM TAAT-
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sa paryagac chukram akayam avranam

asndaviram suddham apdpa-viddham

kavir manisi paribhih svayambhur

yathatathyato’rthan vyadadhdac chasvatibhyah samabhyah.

sah—that person; paryagat—must know in fact; sukram—the omnipotent;
akadyam—unembodied; avranam—without any reproach; asnadviram—without
any veins; suddham—antiseptic; apdpa-viddham—prophylactic; kav h—omni-
scient; manisi—philosopher; paribhiih—the greatest of all; svayambhih—
self-sufficient; ydthdtathyatah—just in pursuance of; arthan—desirables;
vyadadhat—awards; sasvatibh yah—immemorial; samabhyah—time.

TRANSLATION

Such a person must know in fact the Greatest of all, Who is
unembodied, omniscient, beyond reproach, without veins, pure
and uncontaminate, the self-sufficient Philosopher Who is award-
ing everyone’s desire since time immemorial.

PURPORT

Here is the description of the transcendental and eternal Form
of the Absolute Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Lord is
not formless. He has His own transcendental Form Which is not
at all similar to those of the mundane world. The living entities
in this world have their forms embodied by the material Nature,
and they work like any material machines. The physiological and
anatomical structure of the body of a living being must have a
