'brahma'-Å›abde mukhya arthe kahe — 'bhagavÄn'
cid-aiÅ›varya-paripÅ«rṇa, anÅ«rdhva-samÄna
brahma - the Absolute Truth; Å›abde - by this word; mukhya - direct; arthe - meaning; kahe - says; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; cit-aiÅ›varya - spiritual opulence; paripÅ«rṇa - full of; anÅ«rdhva - unsurpassed by anyone; samÄna - not equaled by anyone.
“According to direct understanding, the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has all spiritual opulences. No one can be equal to or greater than Him.
This statement by ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is confirmed in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (1.2.11):
vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaá¹ yaj jñÄnam advayam
brahmeti paramÄtmeti bhagavÄn iti Å›abdyate
“Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, ParamÄtmÄ or BhagavÄn.†The Absolute Truth is ultimately understood as BhagavÄn, partially understood as ParamÄtmÄ and vaguely understood as the impersonal Brahman. BhagavÄn, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is opulent in all excellence; no one can be equal to or greater than Him. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.7), where the Lord says, mattaḥ parataraá¹ nÄnyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya: “O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me.†There are many other verses which prove that the Absolute Truth in the ultimate sense is understood to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.
