282 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 6

yaya ksetra-jfia-saktih sa
vestita nrpa sarva-gda

sarsdra-tépan akhilan
avapnoty atra santatan

SYNONYMS
yaya—by which; ksetra-jfia-saktih —the living entities, known as the ksetra-jfia
potency; sd—that potency; vestita—covered; nrpa—O King; sarva-ga—capable
of going anywhere in the spiritual or material worlds; samsdra-tapan—miseries
due to the cycle of repeated birth and death; akhilan—all kinds of; avapnoti—ob-
tains; atra—in this material world; santatan—arising from suffering or enjoying
various kinds of reactions to fruitive activities.

TRANSLATION

““‘O King, the ksetra-jia-sakti is the living entity. Although he has the
facility to live in either the material or spiritual world, he suffers the threefold
miseries of material existence because he is influenced by the avidya
[nescience] potency, which covers his constitutional position.

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tayd tirohitatvac ca
saktih ksetra-jfia-samjnita
sarva-bhitesu bhu-pala
taratamyena vartate

SYNONYMS

taya—by her; tirah-hitatvat—from being freed from the influence; ca—also;
saktih—the potency; ksetra-jfia—ksetra-jfia; samjhiti—known by the name; sar-
va-bhitesu—in different types of bodies; bhd-pala—O King; taratamyena—in
different degrees; vartate —exists.

TRANSLATION

“This living entity, covered by the influence of nescience, exists in dif-
ferent forms in the material condition. O King, he is thus proportionately
freed from the influence of material energy, to greater or lesser degrees.
