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Every part and parcel of the Complete Whole is endowed with some particular energy to act according to When the part-and-parcel living entity forgets his particular activities under the Lord’s will, he is Because he is part and parcel of the Lord, he must partake of the initiative of the Lord as well. When a person properly utilizes his initiative, or active nature, with intelligence, understanding that

Although the Lord and His energies are nondifferent, one should not mistake these energies for the Supreme Nor should one wrongly consider that the Supreme Lord is distributed everywhere impersonally or that

) it is stated that even if a nondevotee philosopher travels through space at the speed of the wind or the Absolute Personality of Godhead has His transcendental abode, known as Goloka, where He remains and In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa His potencies are compared to the heat and light that emanate from a fire. Although situated in one place, a fire can distribute its light and heat for some distance; similarly

innumerable, they can be divided into three principal categories: the internal potency, the marginal potency and There are hundreds and millions of subheadings to each of these categories. The dominating demigods who are empowered to control and administer such natural phenomena as air, light and rain are all classified within the marginal potency of the Absolute Person. And the spiritual sky, where the kingdom of God is situated, is the manifestation of His internal potency

Although the individual parts and parcels of the Lord’s potencies have all the symptoms of the Lord Himself , they have limited spheres of activity and are therefore all limited. The parts and parcels are never equal to the whole; therefore they cannot appreciate the Lord’s full Under the influence of material nature, foolish and ignorant living beings who are but parts and parcels

Although fixed in His abode, the Personality of Godhead is swifter than the mind and can overcome all Although in one place, He controls those who supply the air and rain.

Although fixed in His abode, the Personality of Godhead is swifter than the mind and can overcome all Although in one place, He controls those who supply the air and rain.

In the Bhagavad-gītā (10.2) the Lord says that not even the great ṛṣis and suras can know Him. And what to speak of the asuras, for whom there is no question of understanding the ways of the Lord?

obtained from the Lord; therefore each particular power must be utilized to execute the will of the Lord and Perfect knowledge means knowing the Lord in all His features, knowing His potencies and knowing how these

tasmin – in Him; apaḥ – rain; mātariśvā – the gods who control the wind and