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sridatta1 · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 652 Location: india

Brahman means greatest according to its root word

Param Bhede Shreshthapunarukteh.

(The word Param in Gita means different and not great, since the latter results in the mistake of repetition)

The word Param in Gita is generally interpreted to mean great. But this interpretation is not correct, because the word Brahman already means greatest among the category. If you say that the word param again means great, it results in the mistake of repetition of same sense of the word Brahman. Brahman means greatest according to its root word. Hence, here, the word param means different. Param has both the meanings. Here the word Brahman is restricted to imaginable greatest items in their respective categories. The word Para Brahman means the unimaginable greatest God, who is different from the imaginable greatest items, which are represented by the word Brahman. The word Para Brahman is also a combination of two words- Param and Brahman. Both these words combined become the single word Para Brahman. Hence, in Gita the two words are separately represented which can be combined to give the word Para Brahman.