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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.28.62

अहं भवान्न चान्यस्त्वं त्वमेवाहं विचक्ष्व भो: । न नौ पश्यन्ति कवयश्छिद्रं जातु मनागपि ॥ ६२ ॥
ahaṁ bhavān na cānyas tvaṁ
[aham bhavaan na chaanyas tvam]
tvam evāhaṁ vicakṣva bhoḥ
[tvam evaaham vichakshva bhoh]
na nau paśyanti kavayaś
[na nau pashyanti kavayash]
chidraṁ jātu manāg api
[chidram jaatu manaag api]
Word-for-word
aham — I bhavān — you na — not ca — also anyaḥ — different tvam — you tvam — you eva — certainly aham — as I am vicakṣva — just observe bhoḥ — My dear friend na — not nau — of us paśyanti — do observe kavayaḥ — learned scholars chidram — faulty differentiation jātu — at any time manāk — in a small degree api — even.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ahaṁ bhavān na cānyas tvaṁ
aham
I
bhavān
you
na
not
ca
also
anyaḥ
different
tvam
you
tvam evāhaṁ vicakṣva bhoḥ
tvam
you
eva
certainly
aham
as I am
vicakṣva
just observe
bhoḥ
My dear friend
na nau paśyanti kavayaś
na
not
nau
of us
paśyanti
do observe
kavayaḥ
learned scholars
chidraṁ jātu manāg api
chidram
faulty differentiation
jātu
at any time
manāk
in a small degree
api
even.
My dear friend, I, the Supersoul, and you, the individual soul, are not different in quality, for we are both spiritual. In fact, My dear friend, you are qualitatively not different from Me in your constitutional position. Just try to consider this subject. Those who are actually advanced scholars, who are in knowledge, do not find any qualitative difference between you and Me.
Purport

Both the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entity are qualitatively one. There is no factual difference between the two. The Māyāvādī philosophers are again and again defeated by the illusory energy because they think that there is no separation between the Supersoul and the individual soul or that there is no Supersoul. They are also misled in thinking that everything is the Supersoul. However, those who are kavayaḥ, learned scholars, actually know the facts. They do not commit such mistakes. They know that God and the individual soul are one in quality, but that the individual soul falls under the clutches of māyā, whereas the Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the controller of māyā. Māyā is the creation of the Supreme Lord ( mayā sṛṣṭā ); therefore the Supreme Lord is the controller of māyā. Although one in quality with the Supreme Lord, the individual soul is under the control of māyā. Māyāvādī philosophers cannot distinguish between the controller and the controlled.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I and you are different, but you are not something different from me. Ah! See without anger! The wise never see us in a faulty manner at all. I am Paramātmā and you are jīva. You are not anything else. You are not different from me, being a conscious entity. “Why do you say such an intolerable thing?” Ah! My pure devotee! See with discretion, without anger (a-ham). Medinī says that ha means anger, Śiva, and a dog. “But I am your servant and you are the master. “Will not others criticize you when you say we are also non-difference?” The wise do never see such a fault (chidram) in our relationship. Only the foolish see contradiction.
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Personal Guidance
You, individual soul, and I, Supersoul, are qualitatively one — both spiritual — though quantitatively distinct. Quality matches; quantity doesn't. Keep both halves of that statement together.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I drop one half of 'qualitatively one, quantitatively distinct'?
  • What would balanced holding of both halves do to my devotional life?
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