জীবতত্ত্ব—শক্তি, কৃষ্ণতত্ত্ব—শক্তিমান্গীতাবিষ্ণুপুরাণাদি তাহাতে প্রমাণ
जीवतत्त्व—शक्ति, कृष्णतत्त्व—शक्तिमान्गीताविष्णुपुराणादि ताहाते प्रमाण
jīva-tattva—śakti, kṛṣṇa-tattva—śaktimān gītā-viṣṇupurāṇādi tāhāte pramāṇa
Synonyms
jīva-tattva—the truth of the living entities; śakti—energy; kṛṣṇa-tattva—the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śaktimān—the possessor of the energies; gītā—Bhagavad-gītā; viṣṇu-purāṇa-ādi—Viṣṇu Purāṇa and other Purāṇas; tāhāte—in them; pramāṇa—there are evidences..
Translation
"The living entities are energies, not the energetic. The energetic is Kṛṣṇa. This is very vividly described in Bhagavad-gītā, the Viṣṇu Purāṇa and other Vedic literatures.
Purport
As already explained, there are three prasthānas on the path of advancement in spiritual knowledge—namely, nyāya-prasthāna (Vedānta philosophy), śruti-prasthāna (the Upaniṣads and Vedic mantras) and smṛti-prasthāna (the Bhagavad-gītā, Mahābhārata, Purāṇas, etc.). Unfortunately, Māyāvādī philosophers do not accept the smṛti-prasthāna. Smṛti refers to the conclusions drawn from the Vedic evidence. Sometimes Māyāvādī philosophers do not accept the authority of Bhagavad-gītā and the Purāṇas, and this is called ardha-kukkuṭī-nyāya. [Ādi 5.176] If one believes in the Vedic literatures, one must accept all the Vedic literatures recognized by the great ācāryas, but these Māyāvādī philosophers accept only the nyāya-prasthāna and śruti-prasthāna, rejecting the smṛti-prasthāna. Here, however, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu cites evidence from the Gītā, Viṣṇu Purāṇa, etc., which are smṛti-prasthāna. No one can avoid the Personality of Godhead in the statements of Bhagavad-gītā and other Vedic literatures such as the Mahābhārata and the Purāṇas. Lord Caitanya therefore quotes a passage from Bhagavad-gītā (7.5).