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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lijā. Ch. 6
gītā-śāstre jīva-rūpa ‘śakti’ kari’ māne hena iīve ‘bheda’ kara īśvarera sane
SYNONYMS
gītā-śāstre —in  Bhagavad-gītā ;  jīva-rūpa —the identity of the living entity;  śakti —potency;  kari' —making;  māne —accepts;  hena —such;  jīve —living entity;  bheda —different;  kara —you make;  īśvarera —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  sane —with.
TRANSLATION
“In Bhagavad-gītā the living entity is established as the marginal potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yet you say that the living entity is completely different from the Lord.
PURPORT
The  Brahma-sūtra  states that according to the principle of  śakti-śaktimator abhedaḥ , the living entity is simultaneously one with and different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Qualitatively the living entity and the Supreme Lord are one, but in quantity they are different. According to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s philosophy ( acintya-bhedābheda-tattva ), the living entity and the Supreme Lord are accepted as one and different at the same time.
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ভূমিরাপোৎনলো বায়ু: খং মনো বুদ্ধিরেব চ । অহ্কার ইতীয়ং মে ভিন্না প্রকৃতিরষ্টধা ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ  
 khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca  
 ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me  
 bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
SYNONYMS
bhūmiḥ —earth;  āpaḥ —water;  analaḥ —fire;  vāyuḥ —air;  kham —ether;  manaḥ —mind;  buddhiḥ —intelligence; eva—certainly;  ca —and;  ahaṅkāraḥ —false ego;  iti —thus;  iyam —this;  me —My;  bhinnā —separated;  prakṛtiḥ —energy;  aṣṭa-dhā —eightfold.
TRANSLATION
“‘Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego are My eightfold separated energies.