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TEXT 24
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veda, bhagavata, upanisat, Ggama
‘purna-tattva’ yanre kahe, nahi yanhra sama
SYNONYMS

veda—the Vedas; bhagavata—Srimad-Bhagavatam; upanisat—the Upanisads; agama
—other transcendental literatures; purna-tattva—full truth; yanre—unto whom; kahe
—they say; nahi—there is not; yarra— whose; sama—equal.

TRANSLATION

The Personality of Godhead is He who is described as the Absolute Whole in the
Vedas, Bhagavatam, Upanisads and other transcendental literatures. No one is equal
to Him.

PURPORT

There are innumerable authoritative statements in the Vedas regarding the personal
feature of the Absolute Truth. Some of them are as follows:

(1) From the Rk-samhitd (1.22.20):

tad visnoh paramam padarn
sada pasyanti sdrayah
diviva caksuratatam
“The Personality of Godhead Visnu is the Absolute Truth, whose lotus feet all the
demigods are always eager to see. Like the sun-god, He pervades everything by the
rays of His energy. He appears impersonal to imperfect eyes.”

(2) From the Ndrayanatharva-Sira Upanisad: narayandd eva samutpadyante
narayandat pravartante narayane praliyante. atha nityo ndrdyanaf). narayana evedarn
sarvam yad bhitam yac ca bhavyam. suddho deva eko narayano na dvitiyo ’sti
kagcit. “It is from Narayana only that everything is generated, by Him only that
everything is maintained, and in Him only that everything is annihilated. Therefore
Narayana is eternally existing. Everything that exists now or will be created in the
future is nothing but Narayana, who is the unadulterated Deity. There is only
Narayana and nothing else.”’

(3) From the Narayana Upanisad: yatah prasitd jagatah prasita. “Narayana is the
source from whom all the universes emanate.”

(4) From the Hayasirsa-paficaratra: paramatmd harir devah. ‘Hari is the Supreme
Lord.”

(5) From the Bhdgavatam (11.3.34-35):

narayandbhidhanasya
brahmanah paramatmanah
