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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 8.153

viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathā parā avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate
[vishnu-shaktih paraa proktaa kshetrajnaakhyaa tathaa paraa avidyaa-karma-samjnaanyaa triteeyaa shaktir ishyate]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathā parā avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate
“ ‘The original potency of Lord Viṣṇu is superior, or spiritual, and the living entity actually belongs to that superior energy. But there is another energy, called the material energy, and this third energy is full of ignorance.’

This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.7.61).

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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