The vibhavas, prabhavas and anubhavas of Krishna’s para shakti

by June 9, 2014

Krsna  has  one  personal   energy called  svarupa sakti  or  para  sakti. This para  sakti has three  vibhavas, three  prabhavas and three  anubhavas by Krsna’s  will. The three  vibhavas are the cit sakti,   jiva sakti  and  maya  sakti.   The three  prabhavas are the iccha sakti, kriya sakti and  jnana sakti. The three  anubhavas are sandhini, hladini and samvit. By the  influence of  the  iccha  sakti  (Supreme Will),  the  cit  sakti  manifests  Goloka, Vaikuntha and  other  places  of the  Lord’s  pastimes, Krsna’s  names, the  Lord’s  various two  handed or  four  handed or  six handed forms,  the  pastimes with  his  associates in Goloka,  Vrndavana, and  Vaikuntha, and  spiritual qualities such  as mercy,  forgiveness, and    generosity.   By the  influence of the  jnana  sakti,  the    cit  sakti  produces various perceptions: aisvarya,  madhurya,  and   beauty  of  the  spiritual  world.    Krsna   alone possesses the iccha sakti.  The controller of the jnana sakti is Vasudeva and  the controller of the  kriya  sakti  is Baladeva, or Sankarsana. By the  influence of the  iccha  sakti,  jnana sakti  and  kriya  sakti   upon the jiva sakti,   the forms  of eternal associates, devatas, men, demons  and   raksasas appear.    By  the  influence  of  Krsna’s   kriya   sakti,   the  Lord’s activities become  manifest. Within  the  cit sakti,  the  sandhini, samvit and  hladini saktis  combine to produce the distinctive ecstasies  of prema.

Chaitanya Shikshamrita, Bhaktivinoda Thakura

 

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