jÄ«va-Å›akti taá¹asthÄkhya, nÄhi yÄra anta
mukhya tina Å›akti, tÄra vibheda ananta
jÄ«va-Å›akti - the energy of the living entity; taá¹a-stha-Äkhya - known as marginal; nÄhi - there is not; yÄra - of which; anta - end; mukhya - principal; tina - three; Å›akti - energies; tÄra - of them; vibheda - varieties; ananta - unlimited.
“The marginal potency, which is between these two, consists of the numberless living beings. These are the three principal energies, which have unlimited categories and subdivisions.
The internal potency of the Lord, which is called cit-Å›akti or antaraá¹…ga-Å›akti, exhibits variegatedness in the transcendental Vaikuṇá¹ha cosmos. Besides ourselves, there are unlimited numbers of liberated living beings who associate with the Personality of Godhead in His innumerable features. The material cosmos displays the external energy, in which the conditioned living beings are provided all liberty to go back to the Personality of Godhead after leaving the material tabernacle. The ÅšvetÄÅ›vatara Upaniá¹£ad (6.8) informs us:
na tasya kÄryaá¹ karaṇaá¹ ca vidyate
na tat-samaÅ› cÄbhyadhikaÅ› ca dṛśyate
parÄsya Å›aktir vividhaiva Å›rÅ«yate
svÄbhÄvikÄ« jñÄna-bala-kriyÄ ca
“The Supreme Lord is one without a second. He has nothing to do personally, nor does He have material senses. No one is equal to Him or greater than Him. He has unlimited, variegated potencies of different names, which exist within Him as autonomous attributes and provide Him full knowledge, power and pastimes.â€
