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The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance

Cc Ādi 4.60
Text
hlādinī karāya kṛṣṇe ānandāsvādana
hlādinīra dvārā kare bhaktera poṣaṇa
Synonyms

hlādinī-the hlādinī energy; karāya-causes to do; kṛṣṇe-in Lord Kṛṣṇa; ānanda-āsvādana-the tasting of bliss; hlādinīra dvārā-by the pleasure potency; kare-does; bhaktera-of the devotee; poṣaṇa-nourishing.

Translation

That hlādinī energy gives Kṛṣṇa pleasure and nourishes His devotees.

Purport

The potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that always enriches Him with transcendental bliss is not material, but the Śaṅkarites have accepted it as such because they are ignorant of the identity of the Supreme Lord and His pleasure potency. Those ignorant persons cannot understand the distinction between impersonal spiritual bliss and the variegatedness of the spiritual pleasure potency. The hlādinī potency gives the Lord all transcendental pleasure, and the Lord bestows such a potency upon His pure devotee.