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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 8]
TEXT 152
‘অন্তরঙ্গা’, ‘বহিরঙ্গা’, ‘তট্ট্ছা’ কহি যারে । অন্তরঙ্গা ‘স্বরূপ-শক্তি’—সবার উপরে ॥ ১৫২ ॥
‘antaraṅgā’, ‘bahiraṅgā’, ‘taṭasthā’ kahi yāre antaraṅgā ‘svarūpa-śakti’—sabāra upare
SYNONYMS
antaraṅgā—internal; bahiraṅgā—external; taṭa-sthā—marginal; kahi—we say; yāre—to whom; antaraṅgā—the internal potency; svarūpa-śakti—the personal energy; sabāra upare—above all.
TRANSLATION
“In other words, these are all potencies of God—internal, external and marginal. However, the internal potency is the Lord’s personal energy and stands over the other two.
TEXT 153
বিষ্ণুশক্তি: পরা প্রোক্তা ক্ষেত্রজাথ্যা তথাপরা । অবিহ্যা-কর্মসংজ্ঞান্য তৃতীয়া শক্তিরিয্যতে ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathā parā avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate
SYNONYMS
viṣṇu-śaktiḥ—the potency of Lord Viṣṇu; parā—spiritual; proktā—it is said; kṣetrajñā-ākhyā—the potency known as kṣetrajña; tathā—as well as; parā—spiritual; avidyā—ignorance; karma—fruitive activities; saṁjñā—known as; anyā—other; tṛtīyā—third; śaktiḥ—potency; iṣyate—known thus.
TRANSLATION
“‘The original potency of Lord Viṣṇu is superior or spiritual. The living entity actually belongs to that superior energy, but there is another energy, called the material energy, and this third energy is full of ignorance.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the  Viṣṇu Purāṇa  (6.7.61).