TEXT 49
yat tad brahma param suksmam
asunyam sunya-kalpitam
bhagavan vasudeveti
yam grnanti hi satvatah
SYNONYMS
yatthat which; tatsuch; brahma paramParabrahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna; suksmamspiritual, beyond all material conceptions; asunyamnot impersonal or void; sunya-kalpitamimagined to be void by less intelligent men; bhagavanthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; vasudevaKrsna; itithus; yamwhom; grnantising about; hiindeed; satvatahpure devotees.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, Krsna, 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 Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.11):
The Absolute Truth is realized in three phasesas Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Bhagavan is the origin of everything. Brahman is a partial representation of Bhagavan, and Vasudeva, the Supersoul living everywhere and in everyones heart, is also an advanced realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But when one comes to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead (vasudevah samam iti), when one realizes that Vasudeva is both Paramatma and the impersonal Brahman, he is then in perfect knowledge. Krsna is therefore described by Arjuna as param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan [Bg. 10.12]. The words param brahma refer to the shelter of the impersonal Brahman and also of the all-pervading Supersoul. When Krsna says tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti [Bg. 4.9], this means that the perfect devotee, after perfect realization, returns home, back to Godhead. Maharaja Khatvanga 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 Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled The Dynasty of Amsuman.

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