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TEXT 111
'brahma'-sabde mukhya arthe kahe--'bhagavan'
cid-aisvarya-paripurna, anurdhva-samana
SYNONYMS
brahmathe Absolute Truth; sabdeby this word; mukhyadirect; arthemeaning; kahesays; bhagavanthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; cit-aisvaryaspiritual opulence; paripurnafull of; anurdhvaunsurpassed by anyone; samananot equaled by anyone.
TRANSLATION
"According to direct understanding, the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has all spiritual opulences. No one can be equal to or greater than Him.
PURPORT
vadanti tat tattva-vidas
tattvam yaj jnanam advayam brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramatma or Bhagavan." The Absolute Truth is ultimately understood as Bhagavan, partially understood as Paramatma and vaguely understood as the impersonal Brahman. Bhagavan, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is opulent in all excellence; no one can be equal to or greater than Him. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (7.7), where the Lord says, mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya: "O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me." There are many other verses which prove that the Absolute Truth in the ultimate sense is understood to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.
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