Must understand (CC and Other Books)

Expressions researched:
"must actually understand" |"must agree to understand" |"must also understand" |"must always alertly understand" |"must clearly understand" |"must first understand" |"must fully understand" |"must immediately understand" |"must judiciously understand" |"must personally understand" |"must simply understand" |"must therefore understand" |"must understand" |"must, therefore, understand"

CC Adi-lila

CC Adi 1.54, Translation and Purport:

“What appears to be truth without Me is certainly My illusory energy, for nothing can exist without Me. It is like a reflection of a real light in the shadows, for in the light there are neither shadows nor reflections.

In the previous verse the Absolute Truth and its nature have been explained. One must also understand the relative truth to actually know the Absolute. The relative truth, which is called māyā, or material nature, is explained here. Māyā has no independent existence. One who is less intelligent is captivated by the wonderful activities of māyā, but he does not understand that behind these activities is the direction of the Supreme Lord. In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.10) it is said, mayādhyakṣeṇa prakrtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram: the material nature is working and producing moving and nonmoving beings only by the supervision of Kṛṣṇa.