CC Adi 7.129 (1996)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 129
- sarvāśraya īśvarera praṇava uddeśa
- ‘tat tvam asi’—vākya haya vedera ekadeśa
SYNONYMS
sarva-āśraya — the reservoir of everything; īśvarera — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; praṇava — oṁkāra; uddeśa — purpose; tat tvam asi — the Vedic mantra tat tvam asi (“you are the same”); vākya — statement; haya — becomes; vedera — of the Vedic literature; eka-deśa — partial understanding.
TRANSLATION
“It is the purpose of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to present praṇava [oṁkāra] as the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge. The words ‘tat tvam asi’ are only a partial explanation of the Vedic knowledge.
PURPORT
Tat tvam asi means “you are the same spiritual identity.”