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| Madhya-līlā | Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.113
yato 'to brahmanas tās tu
pāvakasya yathoshnatā
SYNONYMS
śaktayah — energies; sarva-bhāvānām — of all types of creation; acintya — inconceivable; jñāna-gocarāh — by the range of man's knowledge; yatah — from whom; atah — therefore; brahmanah — from the Absolute Truth; tāh — those; tu — but; sarga-ādyāh — bringing about creation, maintenance and annihilation; bhāva-śaktayah — the creative energies; bhavanti — are; tapatām — of all the ascetics; śreshtha — O chief; pāvakasya — of fire; yathā — as; ushnatā — heat.
TRANSLATION
"'All the creative energies, which are inconceivable to a common man, exist in the Supreme Absolute Truth. These inconceivable energies act in the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation. O chief of the ascetics, just as there are two energies possessed by fire — namely heat and light — these inconceivable creative energies are the natural characteristics of the Absolute Truth.'
PURPORT
This is also a quotation from the Vishnu Purāna (1.3.2).
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