Madhya-lilaChapter 6: The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 6.165

apareyam itas tv anyam

prakritim viddhi me param

jiva-bhutam maha-baho

yayedam dharyate jagat

SYNONYMS

apara -- inferior; iyam -- this; itah -- from this; tu -- but; anyam -- another; prakritim -- nature; viddhi -- know; me -- My; param -- transcendental; jiva-bhutam -- existing as the living entities; maha-baho -- O mighty-armed one; yaya -- by which; idam -- this; dharyate -- is sustained; jagat -- material world.

TRANSLATION

"'Besides these inferior energies, which are material, there is another energy, a spiritual energy, and this is the living being, O mighty-armed one. The entire material world is sustained by the living entities.'

PURPORT

Verses 164 and 165 are quotations from the Bhagavad-gita (7.4-5).

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