2.24
veda, bhagavata, upanisat, agama
’purna-tattva’ yanre kahe, nahi yanra sama
SYNONYMS
veda—the Vedas; bhagavata—Srimad-Bhagavatam; upanisat—the Upanisads; agama—other transcendental literatures; purna-tattva—full truth; yanre—unto whom; kahe—they say; nahi—there is not; yanra—whose; sama—equal.
The Personality of Godhead is He who is described as the Absolute Whole in the Vedas, Bhagavatam, Upanisads and other transcendental literatures.
No one is equal to Him.
PURPORT
There are innumerable authoritative statements in the Vedas regarding the personal feature of the Absolute Truth.
Some of them are as follows: (1) From the Rk-samhita (1.22.20):
tad visnoh paramam padam sada
pasyanti surayo diviva caksur atatam “The Personality of Godhead Visnu is the Absolute Truth, whose lotus feet all the demigods are always eager to see.
Like the sun-god, He pervades everything by the rays of His energy.
He appears impersonal to imperfect eyes.” (2) From the Narayanatharva-sira Upanisad (1-2): narayanad eva samutpadyante narayanat pravartante narayane praliyante atha nityo narayanah narayana evedam sarvam yad bhutam yac ca bhavyam suddho deva eko narayano na dvitiyo ’sti kascit “It is from Narayana only that everything is generated, by Him only that everything is maintained, and in Him only that everything is annihilated.
Therefore Narayana is eternally existing.
Everything that exists now or will be created in the future is nothing but Narayana, who is the unadulterated Deity.
There is only Narayana and nothing else.” (3) From the Narayana Upanisad (1.4): yatah prasuta jagatah prasuti “Narayana is the source from whom all the universes emanate.” (4) From the Hayasirsa Pancaratra: paramatma harir devah “Hari is the Supreme Lord.” (5) From the Bhagavatam (11.3.34-35):
narayanabhidhanasya
brahmanah paramatmanah
nistham arhatha no vaktum
yuyam hi brahma-vittamah “O best of the brahmanas, please tell us of the position of Narayana, who is also known as Brahman and Paramatma.”
sthity-udbhava-pralaya-hetur ahetur asya
yat svapna-jagara-susuptisu sad bahis ca
dehendriyasu-hrdayani caranti yena
sanjivitani tad avehi param narendra “O King, know Him who is causeless and yet is the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation.
He exists in the three states of consciousness-namely waking, dreaming and deep sleep-as well as beyond them.
He enlivens the body, the senses, the breath of life, and the heart, and thus they move.