CC Madhya 22.7
Bengali
অদ্বয়জ্ঞান-তত্ত্ব কৃষ্ণ — স্বয়ং ভগবান্ ।
‘স্বরূপ-শক্তি’রূপে তাঁর হয় অবস্থান ॥ ৭ ॥
‘স্বরূপ-শক্তি’রূপে তাঁর হয় অবস্থান ॥ ৭ ॥
Verse text
advaya-jñāna-tattva kṛṣṇa — svayaṁ bhagavān
‘svarūpa-śakti’ rūpe tāṅra haya avasthāna
‘svarūpa-śakti’ rūpe tāṅra haya avasthāna
Synonyms
Translation
“Kṛṣṇa is the nondual Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although He is one, He maintains different personal expansions and energies for His pastimes.
Purport
The Lord has many potencies, and He is nondifferent from all these potencies. Because the potencies and the potent cannot be separated, they are identical. Kṛṣṇa is described as the source of all potencies, and He is also identified with the external potency, the material energy. Kṛṣṇa also has internal potencies, or spiritual potencies, which are always engaged in His personal service. His internal potency is different from His external potency. Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency and Kṛṣṇa Himself, who is the potent, are always identical.