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in Bhagavad-gita and throughout the Vedic literature. In the Srimad-Bhdgavatam
the same Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna is described as Nandasuta, the son
of King Nanda. Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami says that Nandasuta has again appeared
as Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu because the conclusion of the Vedic
literature is that there is no difference between Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. This the author will prove. If it is thus proved that Sri Krsna is the
origin of all tattvas (truths), namely, Brahman, Paramatmd and Bhagavan, and that
there is no difference between Sri Krsna and Lord Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu, it will
not be difficult to understand that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is also the same origin
of all tattvas. The same Absolute Truth, as He is revealed to students of different
realizations, is called Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.

TEXT 10

aarfaraca cOm aca fea aa |
SM, AAATH SA VAR-SAgiA it So ti

prakasa-visese tehha dhare tina ndma
brahma, paramatmd dra svayarh-bhagavan

SYNONYMS

prakasa—of manifestation; visese—in variety; teriha—He; dhare—holds; tina—three;
nama—names; brahma—Brahman; paramaGtma—Paramatma (Supersoul); Gra—and;
svayam—Himself; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

In terms of His various manifestations, He is known in three features, called the
impersonal Brahman, the localized Paramatma and the original Personality of
Godhead.

PURPORT

Srila Jtva Gosvami has explained the word bhagavan in his Bhagavat-sandarbha.
The Personality of Godhead, being full of all conceivable and inconceivable poten-
cies, is the absolute Supreme Whole. Impersonal Brahman is a partial manifestation
of the Absolute Truth realized in the absence of such complete potencies. The first
syllable of the word bhagavan is bha, which means ‘‘sustainer’’ and ‘‘protector.”’
The next letter, ga, means ‘‘leader,”’ “‘pusher’’ and “‘creator.”’ Va means ‘‘dwelling”’
(all living beings dwell in the Supreme Lord, and the Supreme Lord dwells within
the heart of every living being). Combining all these concepts, the word bhagavan
carries the import of inconceivable potency in knowledge, energy, strength, opu-
lence, power and influence, devoid of all varieties of inferiority. Without such
inconceivable potencies, one cannot fully sustain or protect. Our modern civilization
is sustained by scientific arrangements devised by many great scientific brains. We
