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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.18

జ్ఞానం వివేకో నిగమస్తపశ్చ ప్రత్యక్షమైతిహ్యమథానుమానమ్ । ఆద్యన్తయోరస్య యదేవ కేవలం కాలశ్చ హేతుశ్చ తదేవ మధ్యే ॥ ౧౮ ॥

jṣānaṁ viveko nigamas tapaś ca

[jshaanam viveko nigamas tapash cha]

pratyakṣam aitihyam athānumānam

[pratyaksham aitihyam athaanumaanam]

ādy-antayor asya yad eva kevalaṁ

[aady-antayor asya yad eva kevalam]

kālaś ca hetuś ca tad eva madhye

[kaalash cha hetush cha tad eva madhye]

Word-for-word

jṣānam — transcendental knowledge vivekaḥ — discrimination nigamaḥ — the scripture tapaḥ — austerity ca — and pratyakṣam — direct perception aitihyam — the historical accounts of the Purāṇas atha — and anumānam — logic ādi — in the beginning antayoḥ — and the end asya — of this creation yat — which eva — indeed kevalam — alone kālaḥ — the controlling factor of time ca — and hetuḥ — the ultimate cause ca — and tat — that eva — alone madhye — in the middle.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

jṣānaṁ viveko nigamas tapaś ca

jṣānam

transcendental knowledge

vivekaḥ

discrimination

nigamaḥ

the scripture

tapaḥ

austerity

and

pratyakṣam aitihyam athānumānam

pratyakṣam

direct perception

aitihyam

the historical accounts of the Purāṇas

atha

and

anumānam

logic

ādy-antayor asya yad eva kevalaṁ

ādi

in the beginning

antayoḥ

and the end

asya

of this creation

yat

which

eva

indeed

kevalam

alone

kālaś ca hetuś ca tad eva madhye

kālaḥ

the controlling factor of time

and

hetuḥ

the ultimate cause

and

tat

that

eva

alone

madhye

in the middle.

Real spiritual knowledge is based on the discrimination of spirit from matter, and it is cultivated by scriptural evidence, austerity, direct perception, reception of the Purāṇas’ historical narrations, and logical inference. The Absolute Truth, which alone was present before the creation of the universe and which alone will remain after its destruction, is also the time factor and the ultimate cause. Even in the middle stage of this creation’s existence, the Absolute Truth alone is the actual reality.

Purport

Material scientists and philosophers are desperately searching for the ultimate material cause or principle, which is described here as kāla, the time factor. The material process of cause and effect takes place entirely within a sequence of time; in other words, the time factor is the motivating impetus for material cause and effect. This time factor is a manifestation of the Supersoul, the form of the Supreme Lord that pervades and supports the cosmic manifestation. The method for acquiring knowledge is scientifically described here, and those who are serious, reasonable scholars will take advantage of the transcendental epistemology revealed here by the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Jṣāna gives power of discrimination. It is produced by knowledge of the Vedas, by following one’s dharma, by personal realization, by instructions and by logical analysis. By this one realizes Brahman, the final cause, which reveals everything and which exists at the beginning and end of the universe, and during the interim as well. Jṣāna is discrimination. The factors in cultivation of jṣāna are described: the Vedas, following one’s dharma (tapaḥ), one’s realization (pratyakṣam), instructions (aitihyam), and reasoning (anumānam). The result is described. That which exists at the beginning and at the end of the universe and in the middle as well, is the cause, Brahman (kālaḥ), which reveals (kalayati) everything

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