FolioCorpusCaitanya-caritāmṛta

Caitanya-caritāmṛta 8.156

hlādinī sandhinī samvit tvayy ekā sarva-saṁśraye hlāda-tāpa-karī miśrā tvayi no guṇa-varjite
[hlaadinee sandhinee samvit tvayy ekaa sarva-samshraye hlaada-taapa-karee mishraa tvayi no guna-varjite]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hlādinī sandhinī samvit tvayy ekā sarva-saṁśraye hlāda-tāpa-karī miśrā tvayi no guṇa-varjite
“ ‘My dear Lord, You are the transcendental reservoir of all transcendental qualities. Your pleasure potency, existence potency and knowledge potency are actually all one internal spiritual potency. The conditioned soul, although actually spiritual, sometimes experiences pleasure, sometimes pain and sometimes a mixture of pain and pleasure. This is due to his being touched by matter. But because You are above all material qualities, these are not found in You. Your superior spiritual potency is completely transcendental, and for You there is no such thing as relative pleasure, pleasure mixed with pain, or pain itself.’

This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (1.12.69).

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
📝 My note

← Read full Chapter 8