"You are the para brahman, the very form of spiritual light. The lord says to Arjuna in Harivamsa, "Superior to that is the para brahma which spreads itself over the whole universe. You should know that that concentrated light is mine." "If you know that I am supreme brahman then why did you fight with me?" Anticipating that question, Siva says, "Since you are secret even in the Vedas (vanmaye brahmani) then how can you be known?" "Then can no one know me?" "Those who are pure souls, without the contamination of maya can see you, but how can I, filled with tamas, see you, who, like ether, are the shelter of maya but not touched it?"

You alone (hi) are the supreme principle (param). “How is that supreme tattva divided up and visible as my form?” There is nothing greater than you (brahma) and you reveal everything and are self-revealing (jyotiḥ). “What is the proof of this?” You are sometimes revealed (gūḍham) in the Vedas (brahmaṇi). Gopāla-tāpanī says: te hocur etasya govindasyākhilādhāriṇo brūhī: tell us about Govinda, the support of everything. cetanaś cetanānām : Govinda is the consciousness supporting all conscious entities. tam ha devam ātma-vṛtitt-prakāśam: Govinda reveals the functions of the ātmā. It is also said gūḍhaṁ paraṁ brahma manuṣya-liṅgam: Kṛṣṇa is the secret Brahman in human form. SB 7.10.48 “Why do I appear to be impure?” Those who are pure realize you as only pure (kevalam), engaging only with your svarūpa-śakti, just as ether is not contaminated by other qualities.

Those who are purified by bhakti (amalātmānaḥ) can see you or those whose hearts are fixed in you, who destroy all faults, can see you, who are spread everywhere like the ether, though actually only one (kevalam). Or you are the supreme L:ord and I am a portion of your portion. Thus I am not ashamed to be defeated by you. It take this as mercy. Thus first he describes Kṛṣṇa as the supreme Lord. You alone (eva) are the supreme Brahman. You are not like me, having false conceptions. The reason for this is that you reveal even Brahman (param jyotiḥ). Athāgneḥ kṣudrā visphliṅgā vyuccaranty evāsmād ātmanaḥ sarva evātmāno vyuccaranti: just as small sparks emanate from the fire, all the jīvas emanate from the supreme ātmā. (Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad) Jīvas are manifested from the supreme Lord. Thus your best devotees see you in truth, but not me. You are hidden (gūḍham). They see your beauty form of dark complexion, like the spotless sky. I see you as the supreme Lord, not as the form of beauty, since I do not dedicate myself to completely, lacking special bhakti.