Text 11] Rahigana Converses with Jada Bharata 417

solute Truth, is Bhagavan, but due to incomplete realization of the Ab-
solute Truth, people sometimes describe the same Visnu as impersonal
Brahman or localized Paramatma.

vadanti tat tattva-vidas
tattvam yaj jnanam advayam
brahmeti paramatmeti
bhagavan iti sabdyate
(Bhag. 1.2.11)

From the very beginning, Srimad-Bhégavatam says, satyarh param
dhimahi: we meditate on the supreme truth. The supreme truth is ex-
plained here as jridnam visuddham satyam. The Absolute Truth is
devoid of material contamination and is transcendental to the material
qualities. It gives all spiritual success and liberation from this material
world. That Supreme Absolute Truth is Krsna, Vasudeva. There is no
difference between Krsna’s inner self and outward body. Krsna is piirna,
the complete whole. There is no distinction between His body and soul as
there is between ours. Sometimes so-called scholars. not knowing the
constitutional position of Krsna, mislead people by saying that the Krsna
within is different from the Krsna without. When Krsna says, man-
mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru, so-called scholars
advise the reader that it is not the person Krsna to whom we must sur-
render but the Krsna within. So-called scholars, Mayavadis. cannot un-
derstand Krsna with their poor fund of knowledge. One should therefore
approach an authorized person to understand Krsna. The spiritual
master has actually seen Krsna; therefore he can explain Him properly.

tad viddhi pranipatena
pariprasnena sevaya

upadeksyanti te jndnar
Jndninas tattva-darsinah

(Bg. 4.34)

Without approaching an authorized person. one cannot understand
Krsna.
