jÄ«va-tattva — Å›akti, kṛṣṇa-tattva — Å›aktimÄn
gÄ«tÄ-viṣṇupurÄṇÄdi tÄhÄte pramÄṇa
jÄ«va-tattva - the truth of the living entities; Å›akti - energy; kṛṣṇa-tattva - the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Å›akti-mÄn - the possessor of the energies; gÄ«tÄ - the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ; viṣṇu-purÄṇa-Ädi - Viṣṇu PurÄṇa and other PurÄṇas; tÄhÄte - in them; pramÄṇa - there are evidences.
“The living entities are energies, not the energetic. The energetic is Kṛṣṇa. This is very vividly described in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ, the Viṣṇu PurÄṇa and other Vedic literatures.
As already explained, there are three prasthÄnas on the path of advancement in spiritual knowledge — namely, nyÄya-prasthÄna (VedÄnta philosophy), Å›ruti-prasthÄna (the Upaniá¹£ads and Vedic mantras) and smá¹›ti-prasthÄna (the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ, MahÄbhÄrata, PurÄṇas, etc.). Unfortunately, MÄyÄvÄdÄ« philosophers do not accept the smá¹›ti-prasthÄna. Smá¹›ti refers to the conclusions drawn from the Vedic evidence. Sometimes MÄyÄvÄdÄ« philosophers do not accept the authority of the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ and the PurÄṇas, and this is called ardha-kukkuá¹Ä«-nyÄya, “the logic of half a hen†(See Ä€di-lÄ«lÄ 5.176). If one believes in the Vedic literatures, one must accept all the Vedic literatures recognized by the great ÄcÄryas, but the MÄyÄvÄdÄ« philosophers accept only the nyÄya-prasthÄna and Å›ruti-prasthÄna, rejecting the smá¹›ti-prasthÄna. Here, however, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu cites evidence from the GÄ«tÄ, Viṣṇu PurÄṇa, etc., which are smá¹›ti-prasthÄna. No one can avoid the Personality of Godhead in the statements of the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ and other Vedic literatures such as the MahÄbhÄrata and the PurÄṇas. Lord Caitanya therefore quotes a passage from the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.5).
