What is the difference between energies in Gita chp 7 and potencies in chp 9?

Srila Prabhupada says that Krishna has discussed energies in chp 7 and will discuss potencies in chp 10.

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so the question is that if we Krishna Prabhupada says this is seven chapter discusses krishna’s energy strength is potency what is the difference actually generally things get confusing if we stick to translations because many sanskrit concepts cannot be very precisely translated so because the word energy also has a particular meaning in science in physics especially which does not apply to the way we Prabhupada uses the word energy so now if you look at the sanskrit first krishna talks in 7.4 and 5 about his prakriti there he uses para prakriti and 8 to 11 he talks about how he pervades material nature all of existence and there again the word so krishna talks about them as states of being within material existence within material nature so now in the 10th chapter clearly what is being talked about is so bhuti is generally speaking if we look at 7.4 and 5 that basically is dividing material existence into two material material the the things in material existence into two categories there are the living and non-living a conscious and conscious so matter and spirit basically so in that sense they are more the categories of what exists in material existence so just like say we may say that okay there are no no not before that i’m saying before that bhumira apona lovayu and apareyamita swanyam that is basically category just like we may say that in a movie when a tv is being shown something is being shown essentially there are three colors and whatever is being seen is a combination of three colors now if we move forward to the 10th chapter if you look then that is the opulences or the word opulence prabhupada uses he uses it for there’s a translation for vibhuti now vibhuti essentially krishna talks about in the sense of that which is memorable because the whole vibhuti is a concept which krishna states in response to arjuna’s question how can i remember you while looking at material existence so the the concept of vibhuti is that which is outstanding in material existence so there are many animals and among them mrugana mrugendroham i am the lion so lion is the most powerful king of animals so among immovable things among mountains i am this among among immovable things i am that like that krishna talks about various things so that is more or less when he’s talking about vibhuti that is the best among the manifestations of things so that so that when prabhupada uses the word potency he’s referring to vibhuti that is generally refers to the best among certain manifestations so generally the concept of vibhuti i explain it as the one above the many manifests as the one among the many the one about the one about the many means the lord is transcendental the lord is transcendental but in in this world we cannot suddenly start thinking about transcendental because we don’t have any experience of the transcendental so krishna says the one among the many one among the many means that which is outstanding among the many that’s what we are attracted to so vibhuti is the best in material nature and krishna talks about that principle that in 10.41 he says that which is which is opulent beautiful glorious all that is like this that manifests the spark of my splendor so so this refers to the best manifestations of the material nature whereas 7.4 and 4 5 basically talk about the components of existence here and in between when what we have from 7.8 to 11 is the essence of things so the essence of water is its taste the essence of the earth is fragrance the essence of the wise people is their wisdom so these three are different things first is the when prabhupada uses the word energies he’s in my understanding because there’s no clear reference he’s referring more to 7.4 and 5 that those which are the components of material existence and then when he’s talking about potencies referring to vibhutis which refers to the the outstanding manifestations within material existence the best among things which which can be used to for us to remember the supreme being so that is the yeah