Text 155] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 281
TEXT 154
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visnu-saktih para prokta
ksetra-jnakhyd tatha para
avidya-karma-samjfianya
trtiya saktir isyate
SYNONYMS
visnu-saktih—the internal potency of Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; paré—spiritual; prokta—said; ksetra-jfia—the living entities; akhya—
known as; tatha—also; pard—spiritual; avidya—nescience, or godlessness; kar-
ma—and fruitive activities; sarhjid—known as; anyd—another; trtiya—third;
saktih—potency; isyate—is accepted as.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘The internal potency of the Supreme Lord, Visnu, is spiritual, as verified
by the sastras. There is another spiritual potency, known as ksetra-jiia, or the
living entity. The third potency, which is known as nescience, makes the living
entity godless and fills him with fruitive activity.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gitd, in Sri Krsna’s discourse on the ksetra and the ksetra-jfia, it is
clearly stated that the ksetra-jfia is the living entity who knows his field of ac-
tivities. The living entities in the material world are forgetful of their eternal rela-
tionship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This forgetfulness is called
avidya, or nescience. The avidya-sakti, the avidya potency of the material world,
provokes fruitive activity. Although this avidyd-sakti (material energy, or ne-
science) is also an energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is especially
intended to keep the living entities in a state of forgetfulness. This is due to
their rebellious attitude toward the Lord. Thus although the living entities are
constitutionally spiritual, they come under the influence of the potency of
nescience. How this happens is described in the following verse.
TEXT 155
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