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

Verse 113 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.113

শক্তযঃ সর্বভাবানামচিন্ত্যজ্ঞানগোচরাঃ যতো ঽতো ব্রহ্মণস্তাস্তু সর্গাদ্যা ভাবশক্তযঃ ভবন্তি তপতাং শ্রেষ্ঠ পাবকস্য যথোষ্ণতা

शक्तयः सर्वभावानामचिन्त्यज्ञानगोचराः यतो ऽतो ब्रह्मणस्तास्तु सर्गाद्या भावशक्तयः भवन्ति तपतां श्रेष्ठ पावकस्य यथोष्णता

śaktayaḥ sarva-bhāvānām acintya-jñāna-gocarāḥ yato 'to brahmaṇas tās tu sargādyā bhāva-śaktayaḥ bhavanti tapatāṁ śreṣṭha pāvakasya yathoṣṇatā

Synonyms

śaktayaḥ—energies; sarva-bhāvānām—of all types of creation; acintya—inconceivable; jñāna-gocarāḥ—by the range of man's knowledge; yataḥ—from whom; ataḥ—therefore; brahmaṇaḥ—from the Absolute Truth; tāḥ—those; tu—but; sarga-ādyāḥ—bringing about creation, maintenance and annihilation; bhāva-śaktayaḥ—the creative energies; bhavanti—are; tapatām—of all the ascetics; śreṣṭha—O chief; pāvakasya—of fire; yathā—as; uṣṇatā—heat..

Translation

" 'All the creative energies, which are inconceivable to a common man, exist in the Supreme Absolute Truth. These inconceivable energies act in the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation. O chief of the ascetics, just as there are two energies possessed by fire—namely heat and light—these inconceivable creative energies are the natural characteristics of the Absolute Truth.'

Purport

This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (1.3.2).

Verse 113 of 399