Madhya 20.157

TEXT 157

TEXT

জ্ঞান, যোগ, ভক্তি, - তিন সাধনের বশে ।
ব্রহ্ম, আত্মা, ভগবান্ - ত্রিবিধ প্রকাশে ॥ ১৫৭ ॥

jnana, yoga, bhakti,-tina sadhanera vase

brahma, atma, bhagavan-trividha prakase

SYNONYMS

jnana-knowledge; yoga-mystic power; bhakti-devotional service; tina-three; sadhanera-of the processes of spiritual life; vase-under the control; brahma-impersonal Brahman; atma-localized Paramatma; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tri-vidha prakase-three kinds of manifestation.

TRANSLATION

"There are three kinds of spiritual processes for understanding the Absolute Truth-the processes of speculative knowledge, mystic yoga and bhakti-yoga. According to these three processes, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.