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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.161
ষড়্বিধ ঐশ্বর্য — প্রভুর চিচ্ছক্তি-বিলাস ।
হেন শক্তি নাহি মান, — পরম সাহস ॥ ১৬১ ॥
ṣaḍ-vidha aiśvarya — prabhura cic-chakti-vilāsa
hena śakti nāhi māna, — parama sāhasa
“In His spiritual potency, the Supreme Lord enjoys six kinds of opulences. You do not accept this spiritual potency, and this is due to your great impudence.
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead is full with six opulences, which He enjoys in His spiritual potency.
All these potencies are on the transcendental platform.
To understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as impersonal and devoid of potency goes completely against Vedic information.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Hearing all these arguments, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told His devotees that Sārvabhauma was His spiritual master and that whatever he said out of affection was for everyone’s benefit. When Sārvabhauma met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he asked Him to hear Vedānta philosophy from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Does your understanding of the Lord allow for His spiritual potency and transcendental opulences?
Reread the purport and write one sentence affirming that the Lord possesses spiritual potency.
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