110 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 12

ultimately the sun is one. Similarly, sarvarm khalv idam brahma: every-
thing is an expansion of the Supreme Brahman. Therefore, the Supreme
Lord is everything, and He is one without differentiation. There is no ex-
istence separate from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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tvam brahma kecid avayanty uta dharmam eke
eke param sad-asatoh purusam paresam

anye "vayanti nava-Sakti-yutam param tvam
kecin mahdé-purusam avyayam atma-tantram

tvam—You; brahma—the supreme truth, the Absolute Truth, Brah-
man, kecit—some people, namely the group of Mayavadis known as the
Vedantists; avayanti—consider; uta—certainly; dharmam—religion;
eke—some others; eke—some others; param—transcendental; sat-
asatoh—to both cause and effect; purusam—the Supreme Person;
paresam—the supreme controller; anye—others; avayanti—describe;
nava-sakti-yutam—endowed with nine potencies; param—transcenden-
tal; tva@m—unto You; kecit—some; mahd-purusam—the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; avyayam—without loss of energy; dtma-
tantram—supremely independent.

TRANSLATION

Those who are known as the impersonalist Vedantists regard
You as the impersonal Brahman. Others, known as the Mimarmsaka
philosophers, regard You as religion. The Sankhya philosophers
regard You as the transcendental person who is beyond prakrti and
purusa and who is the controller of even the demigods. The
followers of the codes of devotional service known as the
Paficaratras regard You as being endowed with nine different
