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Šrū Caitanya –caritāmeta
[[Madhya-lilā] Ch 6
SYNONYMS
şaṭ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa —with six opulences in full;  ānanda —blissful;  vigraha —form;  yāṅhāra —whose;  hena-bhagavāne —unto that Supreme Personality of Godhead;  tumi —you:  kaḥa —said:  nirākāra —without any form.
TRANSLATION
“Are you describing as formless that Supreme Personality of Godhead whose transcendental form is complete with six transcendental opulences?
PURPORT
If the Supreme Personality of Godhead is formless, how can He be said to walk very fast and accept everything offered to Him? Rejecting the direct meaning of the Vedic  mantras , the Māyāvādī philosophers interpret them and try to establish the Absolute Truth as formless. Actually, the Supreme Lord has an eternal, personal form, full of all opulence. The Māyāvādī philosophers try to interpret the Absolute Truth as being without potency. However, in the  Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad  it is clearly said,  parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate : “The Absolute Truth has multipotencies.” ( Śvet. Up.  6.8)
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স্বাভাবিক তিন শক্তি যেই ব্রহ্মে হয় । ‘নিঃশক্তিক’ করি’ তাঁরে করহ নিশ্চয়   ? ১৫৩ ॥
svābhāvika tina śakti yei brahme haya ‘niḥśaktika’ kari’ tāṅre karaha niścaya?
SYNONYMS
svābhāvika —by nature;  tina —three;  śakti —potencies;  yei —which;  brahme —in the Absolute Truth;  haya —there are;  niḥśaktika —without potency;  kari' —making;  tāṅre —Him;  karaha —you do;  niścaya —ascertainment.
TRANSLATION
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead has three primary potencies. Are you trying to ascertain that He has no potencies?
PURPORT
Šrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu now quotes four verses from the  Viṣṇu Purāṇa  (6.7.61-63 and 1.12.69) to explain the different potencies of the Lord.