CC Adi 17.109 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 109
- pūrve yaiche chilā tumi ebeha se-rūpa
- durvijñeya nityānanda—tomāra svarūpa
SYNONYMS
pūrve—in the past; yaiche—as much as; chilā—You were; tumi—You; ebeha—now also; se-rūpa—the same thing; durvijñeya—inconceivable; nityānanda—eternal happiness; tomāra—Your; svarūpa—identity.
TRANSLATION
“You are now the same Personality of Godhead that You were in Your previous birth. Your identity is inconceivable eternal happiness.”
PURPORT
By the power of astrological science one can even ascertain the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everything is to be identified by its symptoms. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is identified by the symptoms mentioned in the śāstras. It is not that anyone and everyone can become God without proof from śāstras.