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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.158
সচ্চিদানন্দময় হয় ঈশ্বর-স্বরূপ ।
তিন অংশে চিচ্ছক্তি হয় তিন রূপ ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
sac-cid-ānanda-maya haya īśvara-svarūpa
tina aṁśe cic-chakti haya tina rūpa
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead in His original form is full of eternity, knowledge and bliss. The spiritual potency in these three portions [sat, cit and ānanda] assumes three different forms.
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Vedic literature presents the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the living entity and the illusory energy as the subject matter of knowledge. Everyone should try to understand their relationship.
First, one should understand the nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The śāstras describe Him as the sum total of eternity, bliss and knowledge.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all potencies, and His potencies are all spiritual. His spiritual potency assumes three forms corresponding to eternity, knowledge and bliss.
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Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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It is also accepted that the Absolute Truth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form. According to the Vedas, the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality but different quantitatively.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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In this verse: “relationship”
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Why might understanding the Lord’s nature come first in understanding your relationship with Him?
Write one sentence describing the Lord’s nature using the words eternity, knowledge and bliss.
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