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Which potency of Bhagavān upholds the existence of the individual ātmās and prakṛti?
The internal energy of Bhagavān has three aspects: existence (sandhinī), awareness (saṁvit) and bliss (hlādinī)
The sandhinī potency is the intrinsic power of existence of the Self-existent Bhagavān, and it upholds the existence of the individual ātmās and nature.
The saṁvit potency is the power of knowledge of Bhagavān by which He is all-knowing and which enables all others to know.
The hlādinī potency is the power of bliss, which bestows bliss both to Bhagavān — who is inherently full of bliss — and to others.
These three aspects of the internal potency are the very nature of Bhagavān and thus exist eternally in Him. The saṁvit potency includes and supersedes the sandhinī potency, and the hlādinī potency includes and supersedes the other two. This threefold internal energy of Bhagavān constitutes His very nature and that of His abode and associates.
The internal energy of Bhagavān has three aspects: existence (sandhinī), awareness (saṁvit) and bliss (hlādinī)
The sandhinī potency is the intrinsic power of existence of the Self-existent Bhagavān, and it upholds the existence of the individual ātmās and nature.
The saṁvit potency is the power of knowledge of Bhagavān by which He is all-knowing and which enables all others to know.
The hlādinī potency is the power of bliss, which bestows bliss both to Bhagavān — who is inherently full of bliss — and to others.
These three aspects of the internal potency are the very nature of Bhagavān and thus exist eternally in Him. The saṁvit potency includes and supersedes the sandhinī potency, and the hlādinī potency includes and supersedes the other two. This threefold internal energy of Bhagavān constitutes His very nature and that of His abode and associates.
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