ज्ञानमात्रं परं ब्रह्म परमात्मेश्वर: पुमान् । दृश्यादिभि: पृथग्भावैर्भगवानेक ईयते ॥ २६ ॥
jnana-matram param brahma paramatmesvarah puman drsy-adibhih prthag bhavair bhagavan eka iyate
- jnana
- knowledge
- matram
- only
- param
- transcendental
- brahma
- Brahman
- parama-atma
- Paramatma
- isvarah
- the controller
- puman
- Supersoul
- drsi-adibhih
- by philosophical research and other processes
- prthak bhavaih
- according to different processes of understanding
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ekah
- alone
- iyate
- is perceived.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead alone is complete transcendental knowledge, but according to the different processes of understanding He appears differently, either as impersonal Brahman, as Paramatma, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead or as the purusa-avatara.