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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 9: The Dynasty of Amśumān |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.9.49
bhagavān vāsudeveti
SYNONYMS
yat — that which; tat — such; brahma param — Parabrahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna; sūkshmam — spiritual, beyond all material conceptions; aśūnyam — not impersonal or void; śūnya-kalpitam — imagined to be void by less intelligent men; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vāsudeva — Krishna; iti — thus; yam — whom; grinanti — sing about; hi — indeed; sātvatāh — pure devotees.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, Krishna, is extremely difficult to understand for unintelligent men who accept Him as impersonal or void, which He is not. The Lord is therefore understood and sung about by pure devotees.
PURPORT
As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.11):
brahmeti paramātmeti
The Absolute Truth is realized in three phases — as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. Bhagavān is the origin of everything. Brahman is a partial representation of Bhagavān, and Vāsudeva, the Supersoul living everywhere and in everyone's heart, is also an advanced realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But when one comes to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead (vāsudevah samam iti), when one realizes that Vāsudeva is both Paramātmā and the impersonal Brahman, he is then in perfect knowledge. Krishna is therefore described by Arjuna as param brahma param dhāma pavitram paramam bhavān [Bg. 10.12]. The words param brahma refer to the shelter of the impersonal Brahman and also of the all-pervading Supersoul. When Krishna says tyaktvā deham punar janma naiti mām eti [Bg. 4.9], this means that the perfect devotee, after perfect realization, returns home, back to Godhead. Mahārāja Khatvāńga accepted the shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and because of his full surrender he achieved perfection.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Dynasty of Amśumān."
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