य एक ईशो जगदात्मलीलया सृजत्यवत्यत्ति न तत्र सज्जते ॥२४॥
sa vÄ ayaá¹ sakhy anugÄ«ta-sat-katho
vedeá¹£u guhyeá¹£u ca guhya-vÄdibhiḥ
ya eka Ä«Å›o jagad-Ätma-lÄ«layÄ
sá¹›jaty avaty atti na tatra sajjate
saḥ - He; vai - also; ayam - this; sakhi - O my friend; anugÄ«ta - described; sat-kathaḥ - the excellent pastimes; vedeá¹£u - in the Vedic literatures; guhyeá¹£u - confidentially; ca - as also; guhya-vÄdibhiḥ - by the confidential devotees; yaḥ - one who; ekaḥ - one only; Ä«Å›aḥ - the supreme controller; jagat - of the complete creation; Ätma - Supersoul; lÄ«layÄ - by manifestation of pastimes; sá¹›jati - creates; avati atti - also maintains and annihilates; na - never; tatra - there; sajjate - becomes attached to it.
O dear friends, here is that very Personality of Godhead whose attractive and confidential pastimes are described in the confidential parts of Vedic literature by His great devotees. It is He only who creates, maintains and annihilates the material world and yet remains unaffected.
As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ, all the Vedic literatures are glorifying the greatness of Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa. Here it is confirmed in the BhÄgavatam also. The Vedas are expanded by many branches and subbranches by great devotees and empowered incarnations of the Lord like VyÄsa, NÄrada, Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«, the KumÄras, Kapila, PrahlÄda, Janaka, Bali and YamarÄja, but in the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam especially, the confidential parts of His activities are described by the confidential devotee Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«. In the VedÄnta-sÅ«tras or Upaniá¹£ads there is only a hint of the confidential parts of His pastimes. In such Vedic literatures as the Upaniá¹£ads, the Lord has expressively been distinguished from the mundane conception of His existence. His identity being fully spiritual, His form, name, quality, and paraphernalia, etc., have been elaborately distinguished from matter, and therefore He is sometimes misunderstood by less intelligent persons as impersonal. But factually He is the Supreme Person, BhagavÄn, and He is partially represented as ParamÄtmÄ or impersonal Brahman.
