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CC Adi 5.45



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 45

‘jīva’-nāma taṭasthākhya eka śakti haya
mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa—saba jīvera āśraya


SYNONYMS

jīva — the living entity; nāma — named; taṭa-sthā-ākhya — known as the marginal potency; eka — one; śakti — energy; haya — is; mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa — Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa; saba — all; jīvera — of living entities; āśraya — the shelter.


TRANSLATION

There is one marginal potency, known as the jīva. Mahā-saṅkarṣaṇa is the shelter of all jīvas.