Śrī Kṛṣṇa Upaniṣad
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वृन्दा भक्तिः क्रिया बुद्धीः सर्वजन्तुप्रकाशिनी
तस्मान्न भिन्नं नाभिन्नमाभिर्भिन्नो न वै विभुः

vr̥ndā bhaktiḥ kriyā buddhīḥ sarvajantuprakāśinī
tasmānna bhinnaṁ nābhinnamābhirbhinno na vai vibhuḥ

WORD BY WORD

vr̥ndā — Vr̥ndā; bhaktiḥ — devotional service; kriyā — pious deeds; buddhīḥ — intelligence; sarva-jantu-prakāśinī — manifesting all living creatures; tasmān — from that; na — not; bhinnam — different; na — not; abhinnam — non-different; ābhiḥ — with them; bhinnaḥ — different; na — not; vai — indeed; vibhuḥ — the all-powerful Lord;

TRANSLATION

Personified devotional service became the gopī Vr̥ndā. The activities of devotional service became the widsom that enlightens all living beings. The all-powerful Supreme Lord is not different from these. Neither is He exactly the same as them either.
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