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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.111
কৃষ্ণের স্বাভাবিক তিনশক্তি-পরিণতি ।
চিচ্ছক্তি, জীবশক্তি, আর মায়াশক্তি ॥ ১১১ ॥
kṛṣṇera svābhāvika tina-śakti-pariṇati
cic-chakti, jīva-śakti, āra māyā-śakti
“Lord Kṛṣṇa naturally has three energetic transformations, and these are known as the spiritual potency, the living entity potency and the illusory potency.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa naturally has three energetic transformations.
Two are known as the spiritual potency and the living entity potency.
The third is known as the illusory potency. All three are Kṛṣṇa’s energies.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
First they discussed the constitutional position of the living entities, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī how the living entity is one of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s energies. After this, the Lord explained the way of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you name the three potencies and remember whose energies they are?
Write down the three potencies once today: spiritual potency, living entity potency, and illusory potency.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
3 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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