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sreyasam api sarvesam
atma hy avadhir arthatah
sarvesam api bhutanam
harir atmatmadah priyah
SYNONYMS
sreyasamof auspicious activities; apicertainly; sarvesamall; atmathe self; hicertainly; avadhihdestination; arthatahfactually; sarvesamof all; apicertainly; bhutanamliving entities; harihthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; atmathe Supersoul; atma-dahwho can give us our original identity; priyahvery dear.
TRANSLATION
Factually the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original source of all self-realization. Consequently, the goal of all auspicious activitieskarma, jnana, yoga and bhaktiis the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
The living entity is the marginal energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the material world is the external energy. Under the circumstances, one must understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is factually the original source of both matter and spirit. This is explained in the Seventh Chapter of Bhagavad-gita (7.45):
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false egoall together these eight comprise My separated material energies. But besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which consists of all living entities who are struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe.
The entire cosmic manifestation is but a combination of matter and spirit. The spiritual part is the living entity, and these living entities are described as prakrti, or energy. The living entity is never described as purusa, the Supreme Person; therefore to identify the living entity with the Supreme Lord is simply ignorance. The living entity is the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord, although there is factually no difference between the energy and the energetic. The duty of the living entity is to understand his real identity. When he does, Krsna gives him all the facilities to come to the platform of devotional service. That is the perfection of life. This is indicated in the Vedic Upanisad:
To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me. The conclusion is that one must come to the platform of bhakti-yoga, even though one may begin with karma-yoga, jnana-yoga or astanga-yoga. Unless one comes to the platform of bhakti-yoga, self-realization or realization of the Absolute Truth cannot be achieved.
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