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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.164
ভূমিরাপোঽনলো বায়ুঃ খং মনো বুদ্ধিরেব চ ।
অহঙ্কার ইতীয়ং মে ভিন্না প্রকৃতিরষ্টধা ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ
khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca
ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me
bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
“ ‘Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego are My eightfold separated energies.
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Earth, water, fire, air and ether are included among the Lord’s separated energies.
Mind, intelligence and false ego are also included in these energies.
The Lord identifies all eight as His energies.
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:
In all the Vedas, the unlimited energies of the Absolute Truth have been accepted. It is also accepted that the Absolute Truth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separated”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching change the way you regard your mind and intelligence?
Read the list of eight energies aloud once, remembering that the Lord calls them His.
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