advaya-jñÄna tattva-vastu kṛṣṇera svarÅ«pa
brahma, ÄtmÄ, bhagavÄn — tina tÄá¹…ra rÅ«pa
advaya-jñÄna - knowledge without duality; tattva-vastu - the Absolute Truth; kṛṣṇera - of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sva-rÅ«pa - own nature; brahma - Brahman; ÄtmÄ - ParamÄtmÄ; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tina - three; tÄá¹…ra - of Him; rÅ«pa - forms.
Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself is the one undivided Absolute Truth, the ultimate reality. He manifests Himself in three features — as Brahman, ParamÄtmÄ and BhagavÄn.
In the verse from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam cited above (BhÄg. 1.2.11), the principal word, bhagavÄn, indicates the Personality of Godhead, and Brahman and ParamÄtmÄ are concomitants deduced from the Absolute Personality, as a government and its ministers are deductions from the supreme executive head. In other words, the principal truth is exhibited in three different phases. The Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa (BhagavÄn), is also known as Brahman and ParamÄtmÄ, although all these features are identical.
