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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 20.114
SYNONYMS
yayā — by which; kshetra-jña-śaktih — the living entities, known as the kshetra-jña potency; sā — that potency; veshtitā — covered; nripa — O King; sarva-gā — capable of going anywhere in the spiritual or the material world; samsāra-tāpān — miseries due to the cycle of repeated birth and death; akhilān — all kinds of; avāpnoti — obtains; atra — in this material world; santatān — arising from suffering or enjoying various kinds of reactions to fruitive activities.
TRANSLATION
"'O King, the kshetra-jña-śakti is the living entity. Although he has the facility to live in either the material or the spiritual world, he suffers the threefold miseries of material existence because he is influenced by the avidyā [nescience] potency, which covers his constitutional position.
PURPORT
This and the following verse are also quoted from the Vishnu Purāna (6.7.62-63). For an explanation, see Madhya-līlā, Chapter 6, verses 155-156.
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