Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 2.26
Knowledge and Yoga Reveal Partial Aspects
“Those who walk the paths of knowledge and yoga worship only Him, for it is Him they perceive as the impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā.”
What the purport teaches
- Those on the paths of knowledge and yoga worship the same Lord.
- Mental speculation, or jñāna-mārga, approaches the Lord’s impersonal effulgence, Brahman. Mystic yoga approaches His partial representation, localized Paramātmā.
- Through these paths, such persons cannot realize the Lord’s eternal form.
Try this today
Write down the two paths named here and the aspect of the Lord each perceives.
Ask yourself
How does this teaching help me distinguish the Lord’s eternal form from His impersonal effulgence and partial representation?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.