CC Madhya 20.261

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya-līlā 20.260 - Madhya-līlā 20.262

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 261

īśvarera śaktye sṛṣṭi karaye prakṛti

lauha yena agni-śaktye pāya dāha-śakti

SYNONYMS

īśvarera śaktye—by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sṛṣṭi—creation; karaye—does; prakṛti—material energy; lauha—iron; yena—as; agni-śaktye—by the power of fire; pāya—gets; dāha-śakti—the power to burn.

TRANSLATION

“Dull matter alone cannot create anything. The material energy produces the creation by the power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Iron itself has no power to burn, but when iron is placed in fire, it is empowered to burn.

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