Chapter 15. The Yoga
of the Supreme Person
TEXT 18
yasmat ksaram atito 'ham
aksarad api cottamah
ato 'smi loke vede ca
prathitah purusottamah
SYNONYMS
yasmat--because;
ksaram--the fallible; atitah--transcendental; aham--I;
aksarat--from the infallible; api--better than that; ca--and;
uttamah--the best; atah--therefore; asmi--I am; loke--in
the world; vede--in the Vedic literature; ca--and; prathitah--celebrated;
purusa-uttamah--as the Supreme Personality.
TRANSLATION
Because I
am transcendental, beyond both the fallible and the infallible, and because
I am the greatest, I am celebrated both in the world and in the Vedas as
that Supreme Person.
PURPORT
No one can surpass
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna--neither the conditioned soul
nor the liberated soul. He is, therefore, the greatest of personalities.
Now it is clear here that the living entities and the Supreme Personality
of Godhead are individuals. The difference is that the living entities,
either in the conditioned state or in the liberated state, cannot surpass
in quantity the inconceivable potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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