Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 373 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.373

জ্ঞানশক্ত্যাদিকলযা যত্রাবিষ্টো জনার্দনঃ ত আবেশা নিগদ্যন্তে জীবা এব মহত্তমাঃ

ज्ञानशक्त्यादिकलया यत्राविष्टो जनार्दनः त आवेशा निगद्यन्ते जीवा एव महत्तमाः

jñāna-śakty-ādi-kalayā yatrāviṣṭo janārdanaḥ ta āveśā nigadyante jīvā eva mahattamāḥ

Synonyms

jñāna-śakti-ādi-kalayāby portions of the potencies of knowledge, devotional service, creation, personal service, ruling over the material world, carrying the different planets, and killing the rogues and miscreants; yatrawherever; āviṣṭaḥis entered; janārdanaḥthe Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu; tethey; āveśāḥempowered; nigadyanteare called; jīvāḥliving entities; evaalthough; mahat-tamāḥmost exalted devotees..

Translation

" 'Whenever the Lord is present in someone by portions of His various potencies, the living entity representing the Lord is called śaktyāveśa-avatāra—that is, an incarnation invested with special power.'

Purport

This verse is found in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.18).

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