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jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya‐dāsa’
kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā‐śak ’ ‘bhedābheda‐prakāśa’
sūryāṁśa‐kiraṇa, yaiche agni‐jvālā‐caya
svābhāvika kṛṣṇera na‐prakāra ‘śak ’ haya
“It is the living en ty’s cons tu onal posi on to be an eternal servant
of Kṛṣṇa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṇa and a manifesta-
on simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molec-
ular par cle of sunshine or fire. Kṛṣṇa has three varie es of ener-
gy.” (CC Madhya 20.108-109)
“Śrīla Bhak vinoda Ṭhākura explains these verses as follows: Śrī
Sanātana Gosvāmī asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Who am I?” In
answer, the Lord replied, “You are a pure living en ty. You are neither
the gross material body nor the subtle body composed of mind and in-
telligence. Actually you are a spirit soul, eternally part and parcel of the
Supreme Soul, Kṛṣṇa. Therefore you are His eternal servant. You belong
to Kṛṣṇa’s marginal potency. There are two worlds — the spiritual
world and the material world — and you are situated between the ma-
terial and spiritual potencies. You have a rela onship with both the
material and the spiritual world; therefore you are called the marginal
potency. You are related with Kṛṣṇa as one and simultaneously differ-
ent. Because you are spirit soul, you are one in quality with the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead, but because you are a very minute par-
cle of spirit soul, you are different from the Supreme Soul. Therefore
your posi on is simultaneously one with and different from the Su-
preme Soul. The examples given are those of the sun itself and the
small par cles of sunshine and of a blazing fire and the small par cles
of fire.” Another explana on of these verses can be found in Ādi-
līlā, chapter two, verse 96.” (CC Madhya 20.108-109 – purport)
śrī‐bhagavān uvāca
akṣaraṁ brahma paramaṁ / svabhāvo ’dhyātmam ucyate
bhūta‐bhāvodbhava‐karo / visargaḥ karma‐saṁjñitaḥ (Bg 8.3)
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The indestruc ble, tran-
scendental living en ty is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is
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