416 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 12

jidnam—the supreme knowledge; visuddham—without contamina-
tion; parama-artham—giving the ultimate goal of life; ekam—unified;
anantaram—without interior, unbroken; tu—also; abahih—without
exterior; brahma—the Supreme; satyam—Absolute Truth; pratyak—
inner; prasdntam—the calm and peaceful Supreme Lord, worshiped by
the yogis; bhagavat-sabda-sarnjiam—known in the higher sense as
Bhagavan, or full of all opulences; yat—that; vdsudevam—Lord Krsna,
the son of Vasudeva; kavayah—the learned scholars; vadanti—say.

TRANSLATION

What, then, is the ultimate truth? The answer is that nondual
knowledge is the ultimate truth. It is devoid of the contamination
of material qualities. It gives us liberation. It is the one without a
second, all-pervading and beyond imagination. The first realiza-
tion of that knowledge is Brahman. Then Paramatma, the Super-
soul, is realized by the yogis who try to see Him without grievance.
This is the second stage of realization. Finally, full realization of
the same supreme knowledge is realized in the Supreme Person.
All learned scholars describe the Supreme Person as Vasudeva, the
cause of Brahman, Paramatma and others.

PURPORT

In Caitanya-caritdmrta it is said: yad advaitarm brahmopanisadi tad
apy asya tanu-bha. The impersonal Brahman effulgence of the Absolute
Truth consists of the bodily rays of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ya dtmantarydmi purusa iti so ’syarmsa-vibhavah. What is known as
Gtma and antarydmi, the Supersoul, is but an expansion of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Sad-aisvaryaih pitrno ya iha bhagavan sa
svayam ayam. What is described as the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, complete with all six opulences, is Vasudeva, and Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu is nondifferent from Him. Great learned scholars and
philosophers accept this after many, many births. Vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma sudurlabhah (Bg. 7.19). The wise man can understand that
ultimately Vasudeva, Krsna, is the cause of Brahman, and Paramatma,
the Supersoul. Thus Vasudeva is sarva-kdrana-kdranam, the cause of all
causes. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam. The real tattva, Ab-
