26 Sri Isopanigad

PURPORT

The Supreme Lord, Who is the Absolute Personality of
Godhead, is not knowable even to the greatest philosopher
through mental speculation. Ile can be known only by His
devotees through His mercy. In the Brahma-samhita it is
said that the non-devotee philosopher who can travel at the
speed of the mind, or at the velocity of the air, and who can
travel in space for hundreds of years, will find the Absolute
still far, far away from him. As described in the Upanisads,
the Absolute Personality of Godhead has His transcendental
Abode, known as Krsne-loka, where He remains, engaged in
His Pastimes. But by His inconceivable potency He can simul-
taneously reach every part of the creative energy. In the
Visnu Purana this potency is compared with the light and heat
of the fire. The fire can distribute its light and heat from one
place, and similarly the Absolute Personality of Godhead,
although fixed up in Ilis transcendental Abode, can diffuse
His different cnergics everywhere.

Such encrgics are innumerable, but principally they are
classified into three: the internal potency, the marginal potency,
and the external potency. In cach and cvery one of them,
there are hundreds and millions of sub-hcadings. The dominating
demigods who are empowered to have control over the ad-
ministration of natural phenomena such as the air, light, rain,
etc. are all classified within the marginal potency of the
Absolute Person. The living beings, including humans, are also
products of the marginal potency of the Lord. The material
world is the creation of the external potency of the Lord, and
the spiritual sky, where the Kingdom of God is situated, is the
manifestation of His internal potency.

The different energies of the Supreme Lord are represented
everywhere by His different potencies. Although there is no
difference between Him and His energies, still one should not
wrongly conclude that the Supreme Lord, being thus distributed
