288 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 6
gitd-sastre jiva-rdpa ‘sakti’ kari’ mane
hena jive ‘bheda’ kara isvarera sane
SYNONYMS
gita-sastre—in Bhagavad-gita; jiva-ragpa—the identity of the living entity; sak-
ti—potency; kari’—making; mane—accepts; hena—such; jive—living entity;
bheda—different; kara—you make; isvarera—the Supreme Personality of God-
head; sane —with.
TRANSLATION
“In Bhagavad-gita the living entity is established as the marginal potency of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yet you say that the living entity is com-
pletely different from the Lord.
PURPORT
The Brahma-sitra states that according to the principle of sakti-saktimator
abhedah, the living entity is simultaneously one with and different from the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Qualitatively the living entity and the Supreme
Lord are one, but in quantity they are different. According to Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu’'s philosophy (acintya-bhedabheda-tattva), the living entity and the
Supreme Lord are accepted as one and different at the same time.
TEXT 164
BAaCAACT ATs Ae Acari Fara Bt
Weta SSI cH fon aBfoades » rvs t
bhamir apo ‘nalo vayuh
kham mano buddhir eva ca
ahankara itiyam me
bhinna prakrtir astadha
SYNONYMS
bhamih—earth; dpah—water; analah—fire; vayuh—air; kham—ether;
manah—mind; buddhih—intelligence; eva—certainly; ca—and; ahankarah—
false ego; iti—thus; ivam—this; me—My; bhinnd—separated; prakrtih—energy;
asta-dha—eightfold.
TRANSLATION
“Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego are My
eightfold separated energies.
