Text 252]
The Lord Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī
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ekaṁ tu mahataḥ sraṣṭṛ 
  dvitīyaṁ tv aṇḍa-saṁsthitam 
  tṛtīyaṁ sarva-bhūta-sthaṁ 
  tāni jñātvā vimucyate
SYNONYMS
viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; tu—certainly; trīṇi—three; rūpāṇi—forms; puruṣa-ākhyāni—celebrated as the puruṣa; atho—how; viduḥ—they know; ekam—one of them; tu—but; mahataḥ sraṣṭṛ—the creator of the total material energy; dvitīyam—the second; tu—but; aṇḍa-saṁsthitam—situated within the universe; tṛtīyam—the third; sarva-bhūta-stham—within the hearts of all living entities; tāni—these three; jñātvā—knowing; vimucyate—one becomes liberated.
TRANSLATION
“‘Viṣṇu has three forms called puruṣas. The first, Mahā-Viṣṇu, is the creator of the total material energy [mahat], the second is Garbhodaśāyī, who is situated within each universe, and the third is Kṣīrodaśāyī, who lives in the heart of every living being. He who knows these three becomes liberated from the clutches of māyā.’
PURPORT
This verse appears in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (Pūrva-khaṇḍa 33), where it has been quoted from the Sātvata-tantra.
TEXT 252
অনন্তশক্তি-মধ্যে কৃষ্ণের তিন শক্তি প্রধান ।
‘ইচ্ছাশক্তি’, ‘জ্ঞানশক্তি’, ‘ক্রিয়াশক্তি’ নাম ॥ ২০২ ॥
ananta-śakti-madhye kṛṣṇera tina śakti pradhāna 
  ‘icchā-śakti’, ‘jñāna-śakti’, ‘kriyā-śakti’ nāma
SYNONYMS
ananta-śakti—of unlimited potencies; madhye—in the midst; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; tina—three; śakti—potencies; pradhāna—are chief; icchā-śakti—willpower; jñāna-śakti—the power of knowledge; kriyā-śakti—the creative energy; nāma—named.
TRANSLATION
“‘Kṛṣṇa has unlimited potencies, out of which three are chief—willpower, the power of knowledge and the creative energy.’