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  "name":"Cc. Madhya 6.165",
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  "label":"Text 165",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.165",
  "description":"\" '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.'"

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Cc. Madhya 6.165

Text

apareyam itas tv anyāṁ
prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām
jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho
yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat

Synonyms

aparā—inferior; iyam—this; itaḥ—from this; tu—but; anyām—another; prakṛtim—nature; viddhi—know; me—My; parām—transcendental; jīva-bhūtām—existing as the living entities; mahā-bāho—O mighty-armed one; yayā—by which; idam—this; dhāryate—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-gītā (7.4-5).