408 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. *

aa aT: TH TH
mala az PAE FART My!

Sasvat prasantam abhayam pratibodha-matram
suddham samam sad-asatah paramatma-lallvam

Sabdo na yatra puru-karakavan kriyartho
maya paraity abhimukhe ca vilajjamana

tad vai padam bhagavatah paramasya puriso
brahmeti yad vidur ajasra-sukham visokam

Sasvat—eternal ; prasantam—without disturbance;abhayam— without fear
pratibodha-matram—a consciousness opposed to the material counterpart
§uddham—uncontaminated; samam— without distinction; sat-asatah— of the
cause and effect; paramatma-tattvam—the principle of primeval cause
sabdah—speculative sound; na—not; yatra—where there is; puru-karakavar
—resulting in fruitive action; kriyad-arthah—for the matter of sacrifice; mayé
—illusion; paraiti—flies away ; abhimukhe- in front of; ca—also; vilajjamanc
—being ashamed of; tat—that; vai—is certainly; padam—ultimate phase
bhagavatah—of the Personality of Godhead; paramasya—of the Supreme
pumsah—of the person; brahma—the Absolute; iti—thus: yat—which; vidu}
--known as; ajasra—unlimited; sukham—happiness; visokam— without grief

TRANSLATION

What is realized as the Absolute Brahman is full of unlimited bliss
without grief. That is certainly the ultimate phase of the supreme enjoyer
the Personality of Godhead. He is eternally void of all disturbances, with
out any fear, complete consciousness as opposed to matter, uncontam
inated, without any distinction, the principle primeval cause of all cause:
and effects, in whom there is no sacrifice for fruitive activities, and ir
whom the illusory energy does not stand.

PURPORT

The supreme enjoyer, Personality of Godhead, is the Supreme Brahman
or the summum bonum because of His being the supreme cause of all
causes. The conception of impersonal Brahman realization is the first step.
due to Tis distinction from the illusory conception of material existence.
In other words, impersonal Brahman is a feature of the Absolute distinct
