772 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 20

them, the living entity and the Paramatma, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, are atma, or spirit. They are one in quality, yet they are different
in so many ways, especially in regard to the six opulences the Supreme
Personality of Godhead has in full. Full knowledge means that the jiva-atma,
the living entity, must know both his position and the Supreme’s position.
That is full knowledge.

TEXT 8

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asad 1G laensta Tat: a Ala faa: Nici

ya evam santam atmanam
atma-stham veda piirusah

najyate prakrti-stho ‘pi
tad-gunaih sa mayi sthitah

yah—anyone who; evam—thus; santam—existing; dtmdnam—the indi-
vidual dtma and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramatma; atma-
stham—situated within his body; veda—knows; piirusah—person ; na—never;
ajyate—is affected; prakrti—in material nature; sthah—situated; api—al-
though; tat-gunaih—by the material modes of nature; sah—such a person;
mayi—in Me; sthitah—situated.

TRANSLATION

Although within the material nature, one who is thus situated in full
knowledge of the Paramatma and atma is never affected by the modes of
material nature, for he is always situated in My transcendental loving
service.

PURPORT

When the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in this material world,
He is not affected by the modes of material nature. Similarly, those who are
always connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even though
they be within the material body or the material world, are not affected
by the material qualities. That is explained very nicely in Bhagavad-gita:

mam ca yo ‘vyabhicarena
bhakti-yogena sevate

sa gunan samatityaitan
brahma-bhiyaya kalpate
