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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.154
সচ্চিদানন্দময় কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ ।
অতএব স্বরূপ-শক্তি হয় তিন রূপ ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
sac-cid-ānanda-maya kṛṣṇera svarūpa
ataeva svarūpa-śakti haya tina rūpa
“Originally Lord Kṛṣṇa is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha, the transcendental form of eternity, bliss and knowledge; therefore His personal potency, the internal potency, has three different forms.
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Originally Lord Kṛṣṇa is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha.
This means that His transcendental form is eternity, bliss and knowledge.
Therefore His personal potency, the internal potency, has three different forms.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
He then spoke of detached action, knowledge mixed with devotional service, and finally the spontaneous loving service of the Lord. After hearing Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya recite some verses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the principle of pure devotional service devoid of all kinds of speculation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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What does the phrase sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha teach you about Kṛṣṇa’s form?
Read “eternity, bliss and knowledge” slowly, then recall that these describe Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental form.
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