68 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 7

controller, who is the twenty-sixth subject. When one understands all of
these twenty-six subjects, he becomes adhyatma-vit, an expert in under-
standing the distinction between matter and spirit. As stated in
Bhagavad-gita (13.3), ksetra-ksetrajfiayor jidnam: understanding of the
ksetra (the constitution of the body) and of the individual soul and the
Supersoul constitutes real jidna, or knowledge. Unless one ultimately
understands that the Supreme Lord is eternally related with the in-
dividual soul, one’s knowledge is imperfect. This is confirmed in

Bhagavad-gita (7.19):

bahiinam janmanam ante
Jhanavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti

sa mahdtmé sudurlabhah

“‘After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surren-
ders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is.
Such a great soul is very rare.” Everything, material and spiritual, con-
sists of various energies of Vasudeva, to whom the individual soul, the
spiritual part of the Supreme Lord, is subordinate. Upon understanding
this perfect knowledge, one surrenders to the Supreme Personality of

Godhead (vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah).

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dehas tu sarva-sanghdato
Jagat tasthur iti dvidha

atraiva mrgyah puruso
neti netity atat tyajan

dehah—the body; tu—but; sarva-sarighatah—the combination of all
the twenty-four elements; jagat—seen to be moving; tasthuh—and
standing in one place; iti—thus; dvidha—two kinds; atra eva—in this
matter; mrgyah—to be searched for; purusah—the living entity, the
