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So the Absolute Truth is one. There is no doubt about it. But according to our angle of vision, we appreciate the Absolute Truth in different ways, although the Absolute Truth is one.
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[[Vanisource:731118 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Delhi|731118 - Lecture SB 01.02.12 - Delhi]]:
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Prabhupāda:

:''tac chraddadhānā munayo''
:''jñāna-vairāgya-yuktayā''
:''paśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁ''
:''bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā''
:([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.12|SB 1.2.12]])

We have been discussing the instruction of Sūta Gosvāmī, what is the purpose of life. ''Jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā.'' The only business of the human being is to inquire about the Absolute Truth, ''tattva-jijñāsā.'' And that ''tattva'' has been explained in the previous verse:

:''vadanti tat tattva-vidas''
:''tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam''
:''brahmeti paramātmeti''
:''bhagavān iti śabdyate''
:([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]])

So the Absolute Truth is one. There is no doubt about it. But according to our angle of vision, we appreciate the Absolute Truth in different ways, although the Absolute Truth is one. Somebody is realizing the Absolute Truth as impersonal Brahman, and somebody is realizing the Absolute Truth as localized Paramātmā, Supersoul, and somebody is realizing the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the last word, Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the matter of understanding the Absolute Truth.

So our Gosvāmī Bhavānanda has explained about the Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa: ''kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam'' ([[Vanisource:SB 1.3.28|SB 1.3.28]]). ''Bhagavān iti.'' But who is Bhagavān? That has been also explained. Bhagavān means ''ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa'', complete in six opulences. He is Bhagavān. ''Bhaga'' means opulence. Just like we say ''bhāgyavān''. This ''bhāgyavān'' word comes from ''bhaga. Bhaga bhavārthe śrī-karṇa, bhāgya''. And ''vān'' is ''vatup, asty arthe vatup.'' If somebody possesses something, this affix vat or mat is used. So ''bhagavān'' means one who has got opulences.