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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 60

kṛṣṇa-śaktye prakṛti haya gauṇa kāraṇa
agni-śaktye lauha yaiche karaye jāraṇa

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa-śaktye—by the energy of Kṛṣṇa; prakṛti—the material nature; haya—becomes; gauṇa—indirect; kāraṇa—cause; agni-śaktye—by the energy of fire; lauha—iron; yaiche—just as; karaye—becomes; jāraṇa—powerful or red-hot.

TRANSLATION

Thus prakṛti, by the energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, becomes the secondary cause, just as iron becomes red-hot by the energy of fire.