Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.150
Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of Both Worlds
“The material and the spiritual world are transformations of Kṛṣṇa’s external and internal potencies respectively. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is the original source of both the material and the spiritual manifestations.
What the purport teaches
- The material world is a transformation of Kṛṣṇa’s external potency.
- The spiritual world is a transformation of Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency.
- Kṛṣṇa is the original source of both the material and the spiritual manifestations.
Try this today
Write down the two potencies and the world that manifests from each.
Ask yourself
How does seeing Kṛṣṇa as the source of both worlds change your understanding of Him?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.