Text 252] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 139

ekam tu mahatah srastr
dvitiyarn tv anda-samsthitam
trtiyam sarva-bhdta-stham
tani jfdtva vimucyate

SYNONYMS
visnoh—of Lord Visnu; tu—certainly; trini—three; rdpani—forms; purusa-
akhydani—celebrated as the purusa; atho—how; viduh—they know; ekam—one
of them; tu—but; mahatah srastr—the creator of the total material energy;
dvitivam—the second; tu—but; anda-samsthitam—situated within the universe;
trtivam—the third; sarva-bhdta-stham—within the hearts of all living entities;
tani—these three; jfAdtva—knowing; vimucyate—one becomes liberated.

TRANSLATION

“‘Visnu has three forms called purusas. The first, Maha-Visnu, is the cre-
ator of the total material energy [mahat], the second is Garbhodasayi, who is
situated within each universe, and the third is KsirodaSayi, who lives in the
heart of every living being. He who knows these three becomes liberated from
the clutches of maya.’

PURPORT

This verse appears in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (Parva-khanda 33), where it has
been quoted from the Sdatvata-tantra.

TEXT 252

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ananta-sakti-madhye krsnera tina sakti pradhana
‘iccha-sakti’, ‘jfdna-sakti’, ‘kriya-sakti’ nama

SYNONYMS
ananta-sakti—of unlimited potencies; madhye—in the midst; krsmera—of Lord
Krsna; tina—three; sakti—potencies; pradhdna—are chief; iccha-sakti—
willpower; jfidna-sakti—the power of knowledge; kriyd-sakti—the creative en-
ergy; nama—named.

TRANSLATION

“Krsna has unlimited potencies, out of which three are chief —willpower,
the power of knowledge and the creative energy.
