lÄ«lÄveÅ›e prabhura nÄhi nijÄnusandhÄna
icchÄ jÄni 'lÄ«lÄ Å›akti' kare samÄdhÄna

154 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: KB(3) , LBG(38) , LCC(25) , LSB(63) , MM(1) , TLKS(24)

 lÄ«lÄ-ÄveÅ›e - in the ecstasy of transcendental pastimes; prabhura - of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; nÄhi - there was not; nija-anusandhÄna - understanding about His personal self; icchÄ jÄni - knowing His desire; lÄ«lÄ Å›akti - the potency known as lÄ«lÄ-Å›akti; kare - does; samÄdhÄna - all arrangements.


Text

Indeed, the Personality of Godhead forgot Himself in the course of His transcendental pastimes, but His internal potency [lÄ«lÄ-Å›akti], knowing the intentions of the Lord, made all arrangements.

Purport

It is stated in the Upaniá¹£ads:

parÄsya Å›aktir vividhaiva Å›rÅ«yate
 svÄbhÄvikÄ« jñÄna-bala-kriyÄ ca

“The Supreme Lord has multipotencies, which act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity are being directed solely by His will.†(ÅšvetÄÅ›vatara Upaniá¹£ad 6.8)

ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu exhibited His mystic power in presenting Himself simultaneously in each and every saá¹…kÄ«rtana group. Most people thought that He was one, but some saw that He was many. The internal devotees could understand that the Lord, although one, was exhibiting Himself as many in the different saá¹…kÄ«rtana groups. When ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu danced, He forgot Himself and was simply absorbed in ecstatic bliss. But His internal potency arranged everything perfectly. This is the difference between the internal and external potency. In the material world, the external potency (material energy) can act only after one endeavors at great length, but when the Supreme Lord desires, everything is performed automatically by the internal potency. By His will, things happen so nicely and perfectly that they appear to be carried out automatically. Sometimes the activities of the internal potency are exhibited in the material world. In fact, all the activities of material nature are actually performed by the inconceivable energies of the Lord, but so-called scientists and students of material nature are unable to understand ultimately how things are happening. They evasively conclude that everything is being done by nature, but they do not know that behind nature is the potent Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Kṛṣṇa explains this in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (9.10):

mayÄdhyaká¹£eṇa praká¹›tiḥ sÅ«yate sa-carÄcaram
hetunÄnena kaunteya jagad viparivartate

“This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of KuntÄ«, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.â€