Text 157] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 283

PURPORT

The material energy acts on the living entity in different degrees, according to
how he acquires the association of the three modes of material nature. There are
8,400,000 species of life, some inferior, some superior and some mediocre. The
gradations of the bodies are calculated according to the covering of material en-
ergy. In the lower categories —including aquatics, trees, plants, insects, birds and
so forth—spiritual consciousness is almost nonexistent. In the mediocre cate-
gory—the human form of life—spiritual consciousness is comparatively
awakened. In the superior life forms, spiritual consciousness is fully awakened.
Then the living entity understands his real position and tries to escape the in-
fluence of material energy by developing Krsna consciousness.

TEXT 157
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hladini sandhini samvit
tvayy eka sarva-samsraye
hlada-tapa-kari misra
tvayi no guna-varjite

SYNONYMS

hladini—the pleasure potency; sandhini—the eternity potency; samvit—the
knowledge potency; tvayi—in You; ekd—one spiritual (cit) potency; sarva-
samsraye—the shelter of everything; hlada—pleasure; taépa-kari—causing dis-
pleasure; misra—mixed; tvayi—in You; no—not; guna-varjite—devoid of all ma-
terial qualities.

TRANSLATION

“‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead is sac-cid-dnanda-vigraha. This
means that He originally has three potencies—the pleasure potency, the
potency of eternality and the potency of knowledge. Together these are called
the cit potency, and they are present in full in the Supreme Lord. For the living
entities, who are part and parcel of the Lord, the pleasure potency in the ma-
terial world is sometimes displeasing and sometimes mixed. This is not the
case with the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He is not under
the influence of the material energy or its modes.’

PURPORT
This is a quotation from the Visnu Purana (1.12.69).
