Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 114 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.114

যযা ক্ষেত্রজ্ঞশক্তিঃ সা বেষ্টিতা নৃপ সর্বগা সংসারতাপানখিলানবাপ্নোত্যত্র সন্ততান্

यया क्षेत्रज्ञशक्तिः सा वेष्टिता नृप सर्वगा संसारतापानखिलानवाप्नोत्यत्र सन्ततान्

yayā kṣetra-jña-śaktiḥ sā veṣṭitā nṛpa sarva-gā saṁsāra-tāpān akhilān avāpnoty atra santatān

Synonyms

yayāby which; kṣetra-jña-śaktiḥthe living entities, known as the kṣetra-jña potency; that potency; veṣṭitacovered; nṛpaO King; sarva-gācapable of going anywhere in the spiritual or material worlds; saṁsāra-tāpānmiseries due to the cycle of repeated birth and death; akhilānall kinds of; avāpnotiobtains; atrain this material world; santatānarising from suffering or enjoying various kinds of reactions to fruitive activities..

Translation

" 'O King, the kṣetra-jña-śakti is the living entity. Although he has the facility to live in either the material or spiritual world, he suffers the threefold miseries of material existence because he is influenced by the avidyā [nescience] potency, which covers his constitutional position.

Purport

This and the following verse are also quoted from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.7.62-63).

Verse 114 of 399
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