# Cc. Madhya 20.157 ## Text > jñāna, yoga, bhakti,—tina sādhanera vaśe > brahma, ātmā, bhagavān—trividha prakāśe ## Synonyms *jñāna*—knowledge; *yoga*—mystic power; *bhakti*—devotional service; *tina*—three; *sādhanera*—of the processes of spiritual life; *vaśe*—under the control; *brahma*—impersonal Brahman; *ātmā*—localized Paramātmā; *bhagavān*—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *tri*-*vidha* *prakāśe*—three kinds of manifestation. ## Translation **"There are three kinds of spiritual processes for understanding the Absolute Truth—the processes of speculative knowledge, mystic yoga and bhakti-yoga. According to these three processes, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān.**