184 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8

TEXT 152
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UAH) Tra fer’ —Aaty Brrr ser ti

‘antaranga’, ‘bahiranga’, ‘tatastha’ kahi yare
antaranga ‘svarGpa-sakti’——sabara upare

SYNONYMS

antaranga—internal; bahirangéa—external; tata-stha—marginal; kahi—we say;
yare—to whom; antarahgd—the internal potency; svartipa-sakti—the personal
energy; sabdra upare—above all.

TRANSLATION

“In other words, these are all potencies of God—internal, external and
marginal. However, the internal potency is the Lord’s personal energy and
stands over the other two.

TEXT 153

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visnu-saktih para prokta
ksetrajhakhyda tatha para

avidya-karma-samjhanya
trtiya saktir isyate

SYNONYMS
visnu-saktih—the potency of Lord Visnu; para—spiritual; prokta—it is said;
ksetrajfia-akhyd—the potency known as ksetrajfia; tatha—as well as; pard—
spiritual; avidya—ignorance; karma—fruitive activities; sarnjfia—known as;
anyad—other; trtiya—third; saktih—potency; isyate—known thus.

TRANSLATION

“ ‘The original potency of Lord Visnu is superior or spiritual. The living en-
tity actually belongs to that superior energy, but there is another energy,
called the material energy, and this third energy is full of ignorance.’

PURPORT
This is a quotation from the Visnu Purdna (6.7.61).
