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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TRANSLATION
“This is the opulence of the Lord. Although situated within the material nature, He is never affected by the modes of nature. Similarly, those who have surrendered to Him and have fixed their intelligence upon Him are not influenced by the modes of nature.”
PURPORT
This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.11.38).
TEXT 88
এই মত গীতাতেহ পুনঃ পুনঃ কর । সর্বদা ঈশ্বর-তত্ত্ব অচিন্ত্যাণক্তি হয় ॥ ৮৮ ॥
ei mata gītāteha punaḥ punaḥ kaya sarvadā īśvara-tattva acintya-śakti haya
SYNONYMS
ei mata —in this way;  gītāteha —in  Bhagavad-gītā ;  punaḥ punaḥ —again and again;  kaya —it is said;  sarvadā —always;  īśvara-tattva —the truth of the Absolute Truth;  acintya-śakti haya —is inconceivable.
TRANSLATION
Thus Bhagavad-gītā also states again and again that the Absolute Truth always possesses inconceivable power.
TEXT 89
আমি ত’ জগতে বসি, জগৎ আমাতে । মা আমি জগতে বসি, মা আমা জগতে ॥ ৮৯ ॥
āmi ta’ jagate vasi, jagat āmāte nā āmi jagate vasi, nā āmā jagate
SYNONYMS
āmi —I;  ta’ —certainly;  jagate —in the material world;  vasi —situated;  jagat —the whole material creation;  āmāte —in Me;  nā —not;  āmi —I;  jagate —within the material world;  vasi —situated;  nā —nor;  āmā —on Me;  jagate —the material world.
TRANSLATION
“I am situated in the material world, and the world rests in Me. But at the same time I am not situated in the material world, nor does it rest on Me in truth.