12.56
’’atma vai jayate putrah’’-ei sastra-vani
putrera milane yena milibe apani
SYNONYMS
atma vai jayate putrah—his self appears as the son; ei—this; sastra-vani—the indication of revealed scriptures; putrera milane—by meeting the son; yena—as if; milibe—he will meet; apani—personally “It is indicated in the revealed scriptures that the son represents the father; therefore the son’s meeting with Me would be just as good as the King’s meeting with Me.”
PURPORT
In Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.78.36) it is said: atma vai putra utpanna iti vedanusasanam.
The Vedas enjoin that one is born as his own son.
The son is nondifferent from the father, and this is admitted in every revealed scripture.
In Christian theology it is believed that Christ, the son of God, is also God.
Both of them are identical.