Text 49] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 3
sa va ayam brahma mahad-vimrgya-
kaivalya-nirvana-sukhanubhitih

priyah suhrd vah khalu matuleya
Gtmarhaniyo vidhi-krd gurus ca

sah—that (Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna); vd—also;
ayam—this; brahma—the impersonal Brahman (which is an emanation
from Krsna); mahat—by great personalities; vimrgya—searched for;
kaivalya—oneness; nirvana-sukha—of transcendental happiness;
anubhitih—the source of practical experience; priyah—very, very
dear; suhrt—well-wisher; vah—of you; khalu—indeed; matuleyah—
the son of a maternal uncle; dtmad—exactly like body and soul together;
arhaniyah—worshipable (because He is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead); vidhi-krt—(yet He serves you as) an order carrier; guruh—
your supreme advisor; ca—as well.

TRANSLATION

The impersonal Brahman is Krsna Himself because Krsna is the
source of the impersonal Brahman. He is the origin of the tran-
scendental bliss sought by great saintly persons, yet He, the
Supreme Person, is your most dear friend and constant well-
wisher and is intimately related to you as the son of your maternal
uncle. Indeed, He is always like your body and soul. He is
worshipable, yet He acts as your servant and sometimes as your
spiritual master.

PURPORT

There is always a difference of opinion about the Absolute Truth. One
class of transcendentalists concludes that the Absolute Truth is imper-
sonal, and another class concludes that the Absolute Truth is a person. In
Bhagavad-gita, the Absolute Truth is accepted as the Supreme Person.
Indeed, that Supreme Person Himself, Lord Krsna, instructs in
Bhagavad-gita, brahmano hi pratisthaham, mattah parataram nanyat.
“The impersonal Brahman is My partial manifestation, and there is no
truth superior to Me.”” That same Krsna, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, acted as the supreme friend and relative of the Pandavas, and
