Verse 3.3.219

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.219:

ইহাতে সে তান শক্তি অসম্ভাব্য নয সর্ব বেদে ঈশ্বরের এই তত্ত্ব কয ॥ ২১৯ ॥

इहाते से तान शक्ति असम्भाव्य नय सर्व वेदे ईश्वरेर एइ तत्त्व कय ॥ २१९ ॥

ihāte se tāna śakti asambhāvya naya sarva vede īśvarera ei tattva kaya || 219 ||

ihate se tana sakti asambhavya naya sarva vede isvarera ei tattva kaya (219)

English translation:

(219) That is why His potencies are unfathomable. This is the verdict of all the Vedas.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

All varieties of contradictory potencies are present in the Supreme Lord, because He never lacks any potency. This is the opinion of all Vedic literatures regarding the Absolute Truth.

In the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (6.8) it is stated:

parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca

“The Supreme Lord has multipotencies, which act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength, and activity are being directed solely by His will.”

In the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (1.3) it is stated:

te dhyāna-yogānugata apaśyan devātma-śaktiṃ sva-guṇair nigūḍhām

“Those who meditate on the Supreme Personality of Godhead can see His confidential, divine power (cit-śakti).” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.39.55) it is stated:

śriyā puṣṭyā girā kāntyā kīrtyā tuṣṭyelayorjayā vidyayāvidyayā śaktyā māyayā ca niṣevitam

“Also in attendance were the Lord’s principal internal potencies—Śrī, Puṣṭi, Gīr, Kānti, Kīrti, Tuṣṭi, Ilā, and Ūrjā as were His material potencies Vidyā, Avidyā, and Māyā, and His internal pleasure potency, Śakti.”