Text 115] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 57
as there are two energies possessed by fire—namely heat and light —these in-
conceivable creative energies are the natural characteristics of the Absolute
Truth.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the Visnu Purdna (1.3.2).
TEXT 114
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ALATISI AMAA AIM CA SIG AVA 998
yaya ksetra-jfia-saktih sa
vestita nrpa sarva-gd
samsdara-tapan akhilan
avapnoty atra santatan
SYNONYMS
yaya—by which; ksetra-jfia-saktih—the living entities, known as the ksetra-jfia
potency; s4—that potency; vestitai—covered; nrpa—O King; sarva-g4—capable
of going anywhere in the spiritual or material worlds; sarsdra-tapa4n—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-jfa-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.
PURPORT
This and the following verse are also quoted from the Visnu Purana (6.7.62-63).
TEXT 115
wn focaieouis «fe: cHaB-AfaS! |
AIRS Ola SISCATA AWG i 90 1
tayd tirohitatvac ca
saktih ksetra-jfia-samjnita
