Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 6: The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. Text 164

bhÅ«mir Äpo 'nalo vÄyuḥ
khaá¹ mano buddhir eva ca
ahaá¹…kÄra itÄ«yaá¹ me
bhinnÄ praká¹›tir aṣṭadhÄ

 bhÅ«miḥ - earth; Äpaḥ - water; analaḥ - fire; vÄyuḥ - air; kham - ether; manaḥ - mind; buddhiḥ - intelligence; eva - certainly; ca - and; ahaá¹…kÄraḥ - false ego; iti - thus; iyam - this; me - My; bhinnÄ - separated; praká¹›tiḥ - energy; aṣṭadhÄ - eightfold.


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“ ‘Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego are My eightfold separated energies.

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