Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 108–109 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.108-109

জীবের ঽস্বরূপঽ হয—কৃষ্ণের ঽনিত্যদাসঽ কৃষ্ণের ঽতটস্থাশক্তিঽ, ঽভেদাভেদপ্রকাশঽ সূর্যাংশকিরণ, যৈছে অগ্নিজ্বালাচয স্বাভাবিক কৃষ্ণের তিনপ্রকার ঽশক্তিঽ হয

जीवेर ऽस्वरूपऽ हय—कृष्णेर ऽनित्यदासऽ कृष्णेर ऽतटस्थाशक्तिऽ, ऽभेदाभेदप्रकाशऽ सूर्यांशकिरण, यैछे अग्निज्वालाचय स्वाभाविक कृष्णेर तिनप्रकार ऽशक्तिऽ हय

jīvera 'svarūpa' haya—kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa' kṛṣṇera 'taṭasthā-śakti', 'bhedābheda-prakāśa' sūryāṁśa-kiraṇa, yaiche agni-jvālā-caya svābhāvika kṛṣṇera tina-prakāra 'śakti' haya

Synonyms

jīveraof the living entity; sva-rūpathe constitutional position; hayais; kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa; nitya-dāsaeternal servant; kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa; taṭasthāmarginal; śaktipotency; bheda-abhedaone and different; prakāśamanifestation; sūrya-aṁśapart and parcel of the sun; kiraṇaa ray of sunshine; yaicheas; agni-jvālā-cayamolecular particle of fire; svābhāvikanaturally; kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa; tina-prakārathree varieties; śaktienergies; hayathere are..

Translation

"It is the living entity's constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṇa and a manifestation simultaneously one and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Kṛṣṇa has three varieties of energy.

Purport

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura paraphrases these verses as follows: Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, "Who am I?" In answer, the Lord replied, "You are a pure living entity. You are neither the material body nor the subtle body composed of mind and intelligence. Actually you are a spirit soul, eternal part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, Kṛṣṇa. Therefore you are His eternal servant. You belong to Kṛṣṇa's marginal potency. There are two worlds—the spiritual world and the material world—and you are situated between the material and spiritual potencies. You have a relationship with both the material and spiritual worlds; therefore you are called the marginal potency. You are related with Kṛṣṇa as one and simultaneously different. Because you are spirit soul, you are one in quality with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but because you are a very minute particle of spirit soul, you are different from the Supreme Soul. Therefore your position is simultaneously one with and different from the Supreme Soul. The examples given are those of the sun itself and the small particles of sunshine and of a blazing fire and the small particles of fire." Another explanation of these verses can be found in Ādi-līlā (Chapter Two, verse 96).

Verse 108–109 of 399
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