Only through loving surrender to Krishna's personal form comes liberation; impersonal realization is artificial and futile.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Appearance Day, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.3.24 — February 15, 1971, Gorakhpur 710215B1-GORAKPHUR [41:49 Minutes] BhaktisiddhantaApp_710215B1-GORAKPHUR Devotee: In the morning of the 15th February '71. Appearance day of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. Prabhupāda: [Chants Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] [10:10] etāvatālam agha-nirharaṇāya puṁsāṁ saṅkīrtanaṁ bhagavato guṇa-karma-nāmnām vikruśya putram aghavān yad ajāmilo 'pi nārāyaṇeti mriyamāṇa iyāya muktim [SB 6.3.24] So we have concluded this verse, that Yamarāja says that the holy name of the Personality of Godhead, Bhāgavata, not only His name, but also His activities and His qualities. These qualities... Last night, somebody was discussing with me saguṇa and nirguṇa.
Saguṇa means, according to their version, or a standard version, saguṇa means the material quality. They worship saguṇa-rūpa. Saguṇa means forms of this material world. Sādhakānāṁ hitārthāya brāhmaṇa-rūpa-kalpanaḥ.[?] Kalpanaḥ. According to Māyāvādī school, the Absolute Truth is imperson.
In the Bhagavad-gītā it is also said, kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām, adhikataras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām [Bg. 12.5]. Say, for meditation, it is very difficult to meditate on impersonal feature. Therefore, they artificially think like that: "I am the whole. I am moving the star, I am moving the moon." Or some color display is taking place.
Artificially. This meditation is artificial. Therefore, they do not get any result. Simply waste time, and they remain the number one debauch, as they are. So this kind of meditation...
Because they will not put any form... "The Brahman is impersonal." So how they can think of any form? It is very difficult to adjust. Therefore Bhagavad-gītā says, kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām [Bg. 12.5].
They want to meditate upon impersonal Brahman, but it is very troublesome. Because Brahman is not impersonal, but force, they want to make Brahman imperson. So in order to mitigate this troublesome position, some of their ācāryas, Śaṅkarācārya, has said that "You imagine a form. There is no real form, but you imagine some form." And he has recommended five forms. The first form is Durgā, Śakti.
The second form is Sūrya, the sun, sun-worshiper. And the third form is Gaṇeśa, and the fourth form is Śiva, and the fifth form is Viṣṇu. Of course, these are the different stages of spiritual development. Durgā... Durgā means the material power, energy.