Madhya-līlāChapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.150

vaikuntha, brahmānda-ganaśakti-kārya haya

svarūpa-śakti śakti-kāryerakrishna samāśraya

SYNONYMS

vaikuntha — the spiritual world; brahmānda-gana — universes of the material world; śakti-kārya haya — they are all activities of Krishna's potencies; svarūpa-śakti — of the internal potency; śakti-kāryera — of the activities of the external potency; krishna — Lord Krishna; samāśraya — the original source.

TRANSLATION

"The material and the spiritual world are transformations of Krishna's external and internal potencies respectively. Therefore Krishna is the original source of both the material and the spiritual manifestations.

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