Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 6.157
The Lord’s Spiritual Potencies Are Always Full
“ ‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. This means that He originally has three potencies — the pleasure potency, the potency of eternality and the potency of knowledge. Together these are called the cit potency, and they are present in full in the Supreme Lord. For the living entities, who are part and parcel of the Lord, the pleasure potency in the material world is sometimes displeasing and sometimes mixed. This is not the case with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because He is not under the influence of the material energy or its modes.’
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Personality of Godhead is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. He originally possesses the potencies of pleasure, eternality and knowledge.
- Together these are called the cit potency, and they are present in full in the Supreme Lord.
- For living entities, who are His parts and parcels, pleasure in the material world is sometimes displeasing or mixed. The Supreme Lord is never under material energy or its modes.
Try this today
Write down the three potencies named here, and beside them write: “Present in full in the Supreme Lord.”
Ask yourself
How does the Lord’s freedom from material influence distinguish His pleasure from material pleasure?
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.