270 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 6

the greatest of all Brahmans —is still Krsma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He is full with all opulences, and as such He possesses all riches, all strength, all
reputation, all knowledge, all beauty and all renunciation. He is eternally a person
and eternally supreme. If one tries to explain the Supreme impersonally, one dis-
torts the real meaning of Brahman.

TEXT 141

fafacata’ Sica Sez cae BPS |
‘aes’ facaty Boa ‘HSNSS’ Wir 585 1

‘nirvisesa’ tanre kahe yei Sruti-gana
‘prakrta’ nisedhi kare ‘aprakrta’ sthapana

SYNONYMS
nirvisesa—impersonal; tanre—Him; kahe—say; yei—whatever; sruti-gana—
the Vedas; prakrta—mundane; nisedhi—forbidding; kare—does; aprakrta—tran-
scendental; sthapana—confirmation.

TRANSLATION

“(Wherever there is an impersonal description in the Vedas, the Vedas mean
to establish that everything belonging to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
is transcendental and free of mundane characteristics.”

PURPORT

There are many impersonal statements about the Supreme Personality of God-
head. As stated in the Svetasvatara Upanisad:

apdani-pado javano grahita
pasyaty acaksuh sa srnoty akarnah
sa vetti vedyam na ca tasyasti vetta
tam ahur agryarh purusam mahantam
(Svet. Up. 3.19)

Although the Supreme Lord is described as having no hands and legs, He none-
theless accepts all sacrificial offerings. He has no eyes, yet He sees everything. He
has no ears, yet He hears everything. When it is stated that the Supreme Lord has
no hands and legs, one should not think that He is impersonal. Rather, He has no
mundane hands or legs like ours. “He has no eyes, yet He sees.” This means that
He does not have mundane, limited eyes like ours. Rather, He has such eyes that
He can see past, present and future, everywhere, in every corner of the universe
