Text 160] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 285

knowledge; samvit—the samvit potency; yare—which; jfdna—as knowledge;
kari mani—we accept.

TRANSLATION

“The three portions of the spiritual potency are called hladini [the bliss
portion], sandhini [the eternity portion] and samvit [the knowledge portion).
We accept knowledge of these as full knowledge of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead.

PURPORT
To acquire knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one must take

shelter of the samvit potency of the Supreme Lord.
TEXT 160

‘earn — forte, spal— arene |
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antaraniga —cic-chakti, tatastha—jiva-sakti
bahiranga — maya, —tine kare prema-bhakti

SYNONYMS

antaranga—the internal potency; cit-sakti—the spiritual potency; tatastha—
the marginal potency; jiva-sakti—the living entities; bahiraiga—the external
potency; maya—the illusory energy; tine—all three of them; kare—do; prema-
bhakti—devotional service in love.

TRANSLATION

“The spiritual potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead also appears
in three phases —internal, marginal and external. These are all engaged in His
devotional service in love.

PURPORT

The spiritual potency of the Lord is manifested in three phases—the internal or
spiritual potency, the marginal potency, which is the living entities, and the exter-
nal potency, known as maya-sakti. We must understand that in each of these
three phases the original spiritual potencies of pleasure, eternity and knowledge
remain intact. When the potencies of spiritual pleasure and knowledge are both
bestowed upon the conditioned souls, the conditioned souls can escape the
clutches of the external potency, maya, which acts as a cover obscuring one’s
