Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's name, or anything in this world, sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma, that is Kṛṣṇa because it is energy of Kṛṣṇa. And you cannot separate the energy from the energetic. I have already explained, that you cannot separate fire, or heat, or smoke from the fire because the three things are emanating from the fire. Therefore in the Vedānta-sūtra it is said, janmādy asya yataḥ, the first quote is, athāto brahma jijñāsā. Now this human life is meant for enquiring about the absolute truth. In cats and dogs lives, we cannot. By evolution process when you come to human form of life, there is chance of understanding Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, when we get this human form of life, if you do not understand Kṛṣṇa then you are committing suicide, ātma-hā, cutting one's throat himself. So, we should not be ātma-hā, labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte, mānuṣyam artha-dam. (SB 11.9.29)
This human form of life is purposeful, don't waste. That is the injunction of the śastra, therefore there are so many Vedic literatures just to awaken this humanity or human society to the point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that he may be relieved from this business of, janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam (BG 13.8-12) this is required. So this is, brahmārpaṇaṁ, brahmārpaṇaṁ Kṛṣṇa is brahma, paraṁ-brahma. Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān. (BG 10.12-13) Arjuna has accepted, who directly heard from Kṛṣṇa about Bhagavad-gītā and he is experienced about Kṛṣṇa. He expressed, you will find it in the 10th chapter, paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhā paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān. My dear Kṛṣṇa you are the paraṁ brahma, everything is brahma but he is paraṁ brahma. That is the distinction, sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma. This all right but where from this Brahma is emanating? That paraṁ brahma, janmādy asya yataḥ. Brahma is also emanating, brahma ahaṁ pratiṣṭhāya. Everything Brahma is situated on paraṁ-brahma, therefore he is described as paraṁ dhāma, dhāma means the platform. Just like we stand on the surface of the globe, so similarly there must be some standing, just like the light is coming. Where from the light is coming? The standing is the lamp, if the lamp is broken there is no more light. Similarly, the brahma-jyoti, where from it is coming? Where is the source? Brahma-jyoti, the impersonal brahma-jyoti, is not ultimate, brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate.
- vadanti tat tattva-vidas
- tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam
- brahmeti paramātmeti
- bhagavān iti śabdyate
- (SB 1.2.11)
The absolute truth is one either you say Brahma or Paramātmā or Bhagavan but still there is a grace of realisation. Brahma realisation is impersonal realisation, Paramātmā realisation is localised and Bhagavan realisation is the perfect ultimate realisation, brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān. The same example, just like you are in the sunshine that is also light, it is not darkness. Similarly, those who are realised impersonal Brahma that is also light. Those who have realised localised Paramātmā, īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ, the yogīs. The yogīs realised Paramātmā, dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yogino. (SB 12.13.1) Yogīs business is in meditation to see Kṛṣṇa within the heart and the jñānīs they realise impersonal feature, brahma-jyoti. But the bhaktas they directly come to the original source of Brahma and Paramātmā. Bhagavan, īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati, (BG 18.61) īśvaraḥ has expanded in everyone's heart and who is that īśvaraḥ? Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ.