26 Srimad-Bhagavatam

correlation between the energy and the energetic, both of them are non-
different also. Therefore, the Lord and the living entities are nondifferent
as the energy and the energetic.

‘Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego are all inferior
energies of the Lord, but the living entities are different from all as superior
energy. This is the version of Bhagavad-gita.

“The transcendental form of the Lord is eternally existent and full of
transcendental bliss. How then can such a form be a product of the ma-
terial mode of goodness? Anyone, therefore, who does not believe in the
form of the Lord is certainly a faithless demon and as such is untouchable,
a not to be seen persona non grata fit to be punished by the Plutonic king.

“The Buddhists are called atheists because they have no respect for the
Vedas, but those who defy the Vedic conclusions, as above mentioned,
under the pretense of being followers of the Vedas, are verily more
dangerous than the Buddhists.

“Sri Vyasadeva very kindly compiled the Vedic knowledge in his
Vedanta-sittra, but if one hears the commentation of the Mayavadi school
(as represented by the Sarikara sampradaya) certainly he will be misled on
the path of spiritual realization.

“The theory of emanations is the beginning subject of the Veddnta-
sutra. All the cosmic manifestations are emanations from the Absolute
Personality of Godhead by His inconceivable different energies. The
example of the touchstone is applicable to the theory of emanation. The
touchstone can convert an unlimited quantity of iron into gold, and still
the touchstone remains as it is. Similarly, the Supreme Lord can produce
all manifested worlds by His inconceivable energies, and yet He is full
and unchanged. He is purna [complete], and although an unlimited
number of pias emanate from Him, He is still pura.

“The theory of illusion of the Mayavada school is advocated on the
ground that the theory of emanation will cause a transformation of the
Absolute Truth. If that is the case, Vyasadeva is wrong. To avoid this, they
have skillfully brought in the theory of illusion. But the world or the
cosmic creation is not false, as maintained by the May4avada school. It
simply has no permanent existence. A nonpermanent thing cannot be
called false altogether. But the conception that the material body is the
self is certainly wrong.

“Pranava [om] or the omkdra in the Vedas is the primeval hymn. This
transcendental sound is identical with the form of the Lord. All the Vedic
hymns are based on this pranava omkdara. Tattvamasi is but a side word in
the Vedic literatures, and therefore this word cannot be the primeval hymn
