PLATE FIVE

Those who are known as the impersonalist Vedantists regard Krsna as
the impersonal Brahman. Others, known as Mimarhsaka philosophers,
regard Him as religion. The Sankhya philosophers regard Him as the
transcendental person who is beyond prakrti and purusa and who is the
controller of even the demigods. Although these realizations are all par-
tially true, it is only followers of the codes of devotional service known as
the Paficaratras who can know Krsna completely—as the beloved
cowherd boy of Vrndavana, who is always engaging in wonderful
pastimes with His dear devotees, and whose unparalleled beauty attracts
everyone in the three worlds. (pp. 110-111)
