Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 308 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.308

বিষ্ণুশক্তিঃ পরা প্রোক্তা ক্ষেত্রজ্ঞাখ্যা তথা পরা অবিদ্যাকর্মসংজ্ঞান্যা তৃতীযা শক্তিরিষ্যতে

विष्णुशक्तिः परा प्रोक्ता क्षेत्रज्ञाख्या तथा परा अविद्याकर्मसंज्ञान्या तृतीया शक्तिरिष्यते

viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathā parā avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate

Synonyms

viṣṇu-śaktiḥthe potency of Lord Viṣṇu; parāspiritual; proktāit is said; kṣetra-jña-ākhyāthe potency known as kṣetrajña; tathāas well as; parāspiritual; avidyāignorance; karmafruitive activities; saṁjñāknown as; anyāother; tṛtīyāthird; śaktiḥpotency; iṣyateknown thus..

Translation

" 'The potency of Lord Viṣṇu is summarized in three categories—namely the spiritual potency, the living entities and ignorance. The spiritual potency is full of knowledge; the living entities, although belonging to the spiritual potency, are subject to bewilderment; and the third energy, which is full of ignorance, is always visible in fruitive activites.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Viṣṇu Purāṇa. For an explanation, see Ādi-līlā (7.119).

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