CC Madhya 6.160
Bengali
অন্তরঙ্গা — চিচ্ছক্তি, তটস্থা — জীবশক্তি ।
বহিরঙ্গা — মায়া, — তিনে করে প্রেমভক্তি ॥ ১৬০ ॥
বহিরঙ্গা — মায়া, — তিনে করে প্রেমভক্তি ॥ ১৬০ ॥
Verse text
antaraṅgā — cic-chakti, taṭasthā — jīva-śakti
bahiraṅgā — māyā, — tine kare prema-bhakti
bahiraṅgā — māyā, — tine kare prema-bhakti
Synonyms
Translation
“The spiritual potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead also appears in three phases — internal, marginal and external. These are all engaged in His devotional service in love.
Purport
The spiritual potency of the Lord is manifested in three phases — the internal or spiritual potency, the marginal potency, which consists of the living entities, and the external potency, known as māyā-śakti. We must understand that in each of these three phases the original spiritual potencies of pleasure, eternity and knowledge remain intact. When the potencies of spiritual pleasure and knowledge are both bestowed upon the conditioned souls, the conditioned souls can escape the clutches of the external potency, māyā, which acts as a cover obscuring one’s spiritual identity. When freed, the living entity awakens to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and engages in devotional service with love and affection.