[O Krishna! What do You mean by Parabrahman? and what do You mean by Brahman? What is the difference between these two words? What is the essence of the divine incarnations? What is the place for logical analysis?]

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]

[The ultimate God was called by the word ‘Brahma’, which means the greatest as per its root meaning (Bṛḥ-bṛṃhaṇe, vṛddhau) since the ultimate God is the greatest among all other items, which are the greatest among certain limited specific groups. For example, the Veda is the greatest among the scriptures, food is the greatest among inert materials and life is the greatest among all created entities etc. (Brahmākṣara samudbhavam –Gītā, Annaṃ brahmeti…, Prāṇo brahmeti…- Veda).]

[In order not to confuse the absolute ultimate God with other relatively greatest items like the Veda, food, life etc., Shankara says that the ultimate God is to be indicated by a separate word ‘Parabrahman’, which means that the ultimate God is different from other relatively greatest items. He also says that since Parabrahman is beyond creation, He cannot be touched by words and He can be expressed through silence only (Mauna vyākhyā prakaṭita Parabrahma tattvam). People misunderstood this transcendental nature and thought that Parabrahman or Nirguṇa Brahman or unmediated ultimate God is not related to the creation, maintenance and destruction activities of the world since It is beyond creation and imagination.]

[Shankara took Brahma or mediated ultimate God or Saguṇa Brahman by the name Īśvara for doing the activity of creation etc. Both Rāmānuja and Madhva took Brahma or Saguṇa Brahman or mediated ultimate God by the name Nārāyaṇa for doing the activity of creation etc. It is misunderstood that Nirguṇa Brahman and Saguṇa Brahman are separate items. Parabrahman or Unimaginable God or Nirguṇa Brahman is the naked person taking bath in the closed bathroom not seen (unimagined) by anybody and the same person coming out clothed (mediated) seen by all is Brahma or Saguṇa Brahman or God Datta. This means that same Parabrahman exists in two different states called unmediated and mediated.]

[The medium of Saguṇa Brahman is energetic. Since Parabrahman first created energy (Tat tejo'sṛjata—Veda), this means that first the energetic medium was created by Parabrahman. Even though we say that the mediated God is involved in the activity of creation, since Parabrahman merged with energetic form created by Him (after such merge only the energetic form is called Saguṇa Brahman), it is clear that the mediated Parabrahman is actually the creator.]

[Parabrahman is beyond imagination and beyond the creation. This only means that the nature of Parabrahman is unimaginable to any level of intelligence. This does not mean that Parabrahman is not doing the activity of creation etc. The nature of any substance is not linked to its efficiency to do a particular action. The trinity is famous for the three divine actions, which are creation, maintenance and destruction of the world. Nārāyaṇa is for the maintenance and ruling of the world. Īśvara is for the destruction of the world. The creation is related to Hiraṇyagarbha, who is told as the first divine form in the Veda. Creation is the first divine action of the first divine form called Hiraṇyagarbha (Hiraṇyagarbhas samavartatāgre -Veda).]

[The Veda says that the definition of the ultimate God is that He does creation, maintenance and destruction of the world and that the ultimate God is one only (Yato vā imāni…, Ekamevā 'dvitīyaṃ). Among the divine energetic forms of God, the one energetic form doing these three divine actions is available as God Datta, who is the first energetic incarnation or mediated Parabrahman. He is one divine personality only and does the three divine activities representing His three capabilities by the three faces called as Hiraṇyagarbha, Nārāyaṇa and Īśvara.]

[Parabrahman or unmediated—unimaginable God is Nirguṇa Brahman. The same Parabrahman mediated with the first energetic form created and merged by Himself is Brahman or Saguṇa Brahman called as God Datta. God Datta created energetic forms (first trinity called Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and later on other energetic forms) and merged with those forms to become energetic incarnations. He created human forms and merged with those forms to become human incarnations also. There is complete monism among Parabrahman, God Datta, divine trinity, other energetic incarnations and other human incarnations. Monism is not between God and soul, which is a misunderstanding. Monism is only among Parabrahman, God Datta and His energetic and human incarnations.]

[The unimaginable Parabrahman alone can do the unimaginable events called miracles. Parabrahman is the source of all miraculous powers. Every energetic or human incarnation of Parabrahman exhibits miracles. This clearly means that Parabrahman merged with every incarnation. In fact, Parabrahman directly merged with the energetic form of God Datta and then, God Datta merged with other energetic (including trinity) and human forms to become energetic and human incarnations. Since God Datta is already merged by Parabrahman, every incarnation gets Parabrahman through God Datta. Hence, we can call all the incarnations including God Datta (the direct incarnation of Parabrahman) and other indirect incarnations (formed through God Datta only) as the incarnations of Parabrahman only.]

[The word ‘Datta’ is not the name kept for just calling Him. Such name called ‘Saṃjñā Nāma’ means the name without any meaning applicable to the name-holder. The word ‘Datta’ is ‘Yoga Nāma’, which means that its meaning is applicable to the named person. Datta means given to the souls from unimaginable state to imaginable state so that the named person is seen and also meditated by souls. Like this, the ‘Yoga Name’ of God Datta is explained by scholars.]