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jñeyaá¹ yat tat pravaká¹£yÄmi
yaj jñÄtvÄmá¹›tam aÅ›nute
anÄdi mat-paraá¹ brahma
na sat tan nÄsad ucyate

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: SB(1)

 jñeyam - the knowable; yat - which; tat - that; pravaká¹£yÄmi - I shall now explain; yat - which; jñÄtvÄ - knowing; amá¹›tam - nectar; aÅ›nute - one tastes; anÄdi - beginningless; mat-param - subordinate to Me; brahma - spirit; na - neither; sat - cause; tat - that; na - nor; asat - effect; ucyate - is said to be.


Text

I shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you will taste the eternal. Brahman, the spirit, beginningless and subordinate to Me, lies beyond the cause and effect of this material world.

Purport

The Lord has explained the ï¬eld of activities and the knower of the ï¬eld. He has also explained the process of knowing the knower of the ï¬eld of activities. Now He begins to explain the knowable, ï¬rst the soul and then the Supersoul. By knowledge of the knower, both the soul and the Supersoul, one can relish the nectar of life. As explained in the Second Chapter, the living entity is eternal. This is also conï¬rmed here. There is no speciï¬c date at which the jÄ«va was born. Nor can anyone trace out the history of the jÄ«vÄtmÄ’s manifestation from the Supreme Lord. Therefore it is beginningless. The Vedic literature conï¬rms this: na jÄyate mriyate vÄ vipaÅ›cit (Kaá¹­ha Upaniá¹£ad 1.2.18). The knower of the body is never born and never dies, and he is full of knowledge.

The Supreme Lord as the Supersoul is also stated in the Vedic literature (ÅšvetÄÅ›vatara Upaniá¹£ad 6.16) to be pradhÄna-ká¹£etrajña-patir guṇeÅ›aḥ, the chief knower of the body and the master of the three modes of material nature. In the smá¹›ti it is said, dÄsa-bhÅ«to harer eva nÄnyasvaiva kadÄcana. The living entities are eternally in the service of the Supreme Lord. This is also conï¬rmed by Lord Caitanya in His teachings. Therefore the description of Brahman mentioned in this verse is in relation to the individual soul, and when the word Brahman is applied to the living entity, it is to be understood that he is vijñÄna-brahma as opposed to Änanda-brahma. Ä€nanda-brahma is the Supreme Brahman Personality of Godhead.