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Karmanirnaya p6

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"He joins", that is, unites, the prefixes that are subordinate to the Mahānāmnī verses. The Mahānāmnīs are those verses in which great names exist. The name of the Supreme Brahman—such as Indra and others—is great on account of its great meaning. For that Supreme Brahman is great, being full of infinite auspicious qualities.
On this point, some say that Brahman is devoid of qualities. That is not correct, because it contradicts scripture and reasoning. For scripture indeed says:
"Brahman is truth, knowledge, and infinite." "Brahman is consciousness and bliss." / "He who is omniscient, all-knowing, whose austerity consists of knowledge." / "From Him this Brahman, name, form, and food are born." / "Divine indeed is the formless Person, existing outside and inside, unborn, / without vital breath, without mind, pure, higher than the highest imperishable." / "Such is His greatness, and greater than that is the Person." / "He who is our father, generator, and ordainer, who knows all realms and worlds." / "That is full; this is full; from the full the full arises. / Taking the full from the full, the full alone remains." / "Having all names, performing all actions, possessing all odors, possessing all tastes, / encompassing all this, speechless, indifferent." / "Now I proclaim the heroic deeds of Viṣṇu, who measured out the earthly realms [...] / Grown beyond measure in bodily form, they do not attain Your greatness. / Neither one born nor one being born, O divine Viṣṇu, has reached the highest limit of Your greatness," and so forth.