Adi Lila
Chapter 1.2
TEXT 101
TEXT
cic-chakti, svarupa-sakti, antaranga nama
tahara vaibhava ananta vaikunthadi dhama
SYNONYMS
cit-sakti--spiritual energy; svarupa-sakti--personal energy; antah-anga--
internal; nama--named; tahara--of that; vaibhava--manifestations; ananta--
unlimited; vaikuntha-adi--Vaikuntha, etc.; dhama--abodes.
TRANSLATION
"The cit-sakti, which is also called svarupa-sakti or antaranga sakti, displays many varied manifestations. It sustains the kingdom of God and its paraphernalia.
TEXT 102
TEXT
maya-sakti, bahiranga, jagat-karana
tahara vaibhava ananta brahmandera gana
SYNONYMS
maya-sakti--the illusory energy; bahih-anga--external; jagat-karana--the
cause of the universe; tahara--of that; vaibhava--manifestations; ananta--
unlimited; brahma-andera--of universes; gana--multitudes.
TRANSLATION
"The external energy, called maya-sakti, is the cause of innumerable universes with varied material potencies.
TEXT 103
TEXT
jiva-sakti tatasthakhya, nahi yara anta
mukhya tina sakti, tara vibheda ananta
SYNONYMS
jiva-sakti--the energy of the living entity; tata-stha-akhya—known as marginal; nahi--there is not; yara--of which; anta--end; mukhya--principal;tina--three; sakti--energies; tara--of them; vibheda--varieties; ananta--unlimited.
TRANSLATION
"The marginal potency, which is between these two, consists of the numberless living beings. These are the three principal energies, which have unlimited categories and subdivisions.
PURPORT
The internal potency of the Lord, which is called cit-sakti or antarangasakti, exhibits variegatedness in the transcendental Vaikuntha cosmos. Besides ourselves, there are unlimited numbers of liberated living beings who associate with the Personality of Godhead in His innumerable features. The material cosmos displays the external energy, in which the conditioned living beings are provided all liberty to go back to the Personality of Godhead after leaving the material tabernacle. The Svetasvatara Upanisad (6.8) informs us:
na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate
na tat-samas cabhyadhikas ca drsyate
parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate
svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca
"The Supreme Lord is one without a second. He has nothing to do personally, nor does He have material senses. No one is equal to Him or greater than Him. He has unlimited, variegated potencies of different names, which exist within Him as autonomous attributes and provide Him full knowledge, power and pastimes."
