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<div class="heading">Viṣṇu-tattva, jīva-tattva, śakti-tattva, there are many tattvas. Brahman-tattva, paramātmā-tattva, and Bhagavat-tattva, they are the substance, and all other tattvas, they are jīva-tattva, śakti-tattva, like that. So Bhagavān is not jīva-tattva, but others, they are jīva-tattva.<br />
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- November 11, 1971, New Delhi|Room Conversation -- November 11, 1971, New Delhi]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Viṣṇu-tattva. That is called Viṣṇu-tattva.</p><br />
<p>Guest: In that expansion can't we take Durgā and Siva, even for...</p><br />
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. That is śakti-tattva. We have to take expansion according to the tattva. Substance and categories; in which category. The substance is Viṣṇu, and all other tattvas are categories. So devatās, they are śakti-tattva, śakti category, the same category as you are. The same example. Just like here a government officer, he is also Indian gentleman, you are also Indian gentleman, but he has got his power on account of his high qualities. Similarly you can become also Durgā. You can become Indra, Candra, Sūrya. So qualitatively the ant, you are a learned brāhmaṇa, they are all the same category.</p><br />
:vidyā-vinaya-sampanne<br />
:brahmaṇe gavi hastini<br />
:śuni caiva śva-pāke ca<br />
:paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ<br />
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<p>A paṇḍita knows that they are on the same jīva-tattva categories. Viṣṇu-tattva, jīva-tattva, śakti-tattva, there are many tattvas. Brahman-tattva, paramātmā-tattva, and Bhagavat-tattva, they are the substance, and all other tattvas, they are jīva-tattva, śakti-tattva, like that. So Bhagavān is not jīva-tattva, but others, they are jīva-tattva. Demigods, they are jīva-tattva. Brahma is also jīva-tattva. Devī is śakti-tattva. Jīva is also śakti-tattva. In one sense jīva-tattva is higher than this material śakti-tattva. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā:</p><br />
:apareyam itas tu anyāṁ<br />
:viddhi me prakṛtiṁ parāḥ<br />
:jīva-bhūtaṁ mahā-bāho<br />
:yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat<br />
:([[Vanisource:BG 7.5|BG 7.5]])<br />
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<div class="heading">Some of them are Viṣṇu-tattva, some of them are Jīva-tattva, some of them are Śakti-tattva and some of them para-tattva. Like that.<br />
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- November 11, 1971, New Delhi|Room Conversation -- November 11, 1971, New Delhi]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: ...the part and parcel exercises his position. Some of them are Viṣṇu-tattva, some of them are Jīva-tattva, some of them are Śakti-tattva and some of them para-tattva. Like that.</p><br />
<p>Guest: Para-tattva?</p><br />
<p>Prabhupāda: Para-tattva.</p><br />
<p>Guest: Means?</p><br />
<p>Prabhupāda: Para-tattva is Bhagavān. Para-tattva means Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu. These are para-tattva. Bhagavān avatāra, rāmā, nṛsiṁha, varāha, kūrma, vāmana, daśāvatāra, all avatāra. (Hindi) Or śakti-tattva, material energy, aparā-tattva, matter. Similarly cit-tattva, spiritual world. The living entities, although they are in the material world, they belong to the spiritual world. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, apareyam. This material energy is inferior. Itas viddhi me prakṛtiṁ parām. Beyond this there is another, superior energy, jīva-bhūta, that is jīva.</p><br />
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