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The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhattācārva
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knowledge;  samvit —the  samvit  potency;  yāre —which;  jñāna —as knowledge;  kari mānji —we accept.
TRANSLATION
“The three portions of the spiritual potency are called hlādinī [the bliss portion], sandhinī [the eternity portion] and samvit [the knowledge portion]. We accept knowledge of these as full knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
To acquire knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one must take shelter of the  samvit  potency of the Supreme Lord.
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‘ এন্তুরালা  = চিহ্ন ক্তি,  তট  স্বা—জীবন ক্তি ।।।
বছিরপা-মায়া,-তিনে করে প্রেমভক্তি ॥ ১৬০ ॥
antaraṅgā  —  cic-chakti, taṭasthā  —  jīva-śakti  
 bahiraṅgā  —  māyā, — tine kare prema-bhakti
SYNONYMS
antaraṅgā —the internal potency;  cit-śakti —the spiritual potency;  taṭasthā —the marginal potency;  jīva-śakti —the living entities;  bahiraṅgā —the external potency;  māyā —the illusory energy;  tine —all three of them;  kare —do;  prema-bhakti —devotional service in love.
TRANSLATION
“The spiritual potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead also appears in three phases—internal, marginal and external. These are all engaged in His devotional service in love.
PURPORT
The spiritual potency of the Lord is manifested in three phases—the internal or spiritual potency, the marginal potency, which is the living entities, and the external potency, known as  māyā-śakti . We must understand that in each of these three phases the original spiritual potencies of pleasure, eternity and knowledge remain intact. When the potencies of spiritual pleasure and knowledge are both bestowed upon the conditioned souls, the conditioned souls can escape the clutches of the external potency,  māyā , which acts as a cover obscuring one's