Madhya 20.113

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শক্তয়ঃ সর্বভাবানামচিন্ত্যজ্ঞানগোচরাঃ ।
যতোঽতো ব্রহ্মণস্তাস্তু সর্গাদ্যা ভাবশক্তয়ঃ ।
ভবন্তি তপতাং শ্রেষ্ঠ পাবকস্য যথোষ্ণতা ॥ ১১৩ ॥
saktayah sarva-bhavanam
acintya-jnana-gocarah
yato 'to brahmanas tas tu
sargadya bhava-saktayah
bhavanti tapatam srestha
pavakasya yathosnata
SYNONYMS
saktayah-energies; sarva-bhavanam-of all types of creation; acintya-inconceivable; jnana-gocarah-by the range of man's knowledge; yatah-from whom; atah-therefore; brahmanah-from the Absolute Truth; tah-those; tu-but; sarga-adyah-bringing about creation, maintenance and annihilation; bhava-saktayah-the creative energies; bhavanti-are; tapatam-of all the ascetics; srestha-O chief; pavakasya-of fire; yatha-as; usnata-heat.
TRANSLATION
" 'All the creative energies, which are inconceivable to a common man, exist in the Supreme Absolute Truth. These inconceivable energies act in the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation. O chief of the ascetics, just as there are two energies possessed by fire-namely heat and light-these inconceivable creative energies are the natural characteristics of the Absolute Truth.'
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the Visnu Purana (1.3.2).

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