Cc. Madhya 6.154

viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā
kṣetra-jñākhyā tathā parā
avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā
tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate

viṣṇuplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigviṣṇu

as Lord Viṣṇu; by Lord Viṣṇu; Lord Viṣṇu; Lord Viṣṇu's; named Viṣṇu; of all-pervading Viṣṇu; of Lord Viṣṇu; Viṣṇu.-śaktiḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsaktih

energy; material energy; possessing energies; potency; the energy; the feminine (marginal and external) energies; the potency.—the internal potency of Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; parāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpara

and of others; get it; higher; O Supreme; of another; of others; of the transcendental Lord; other; others; outsider; previous; the conclusion at the end; the Supreme; transcendental.—spiritual; proktāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigprokta

called; is called; it is said; said; was said.—said; kṣetraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkṣetra

agricultural fields; body; field; field of activities (the body); holy places like the temple or Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā; land; the body; the place of pilgrimage.-jñaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigjna

without knowledge.—the living entities; ākhyāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigakhya

known as; well known.—known as; tathāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigtatha

so.—also; parāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigpara

and of others; get it; higher; O Supreme; of another; of others; of the transcendental Lord; other; others; outsider; previous; the conclusion at the end; the Supreme; transcendental.—spiritual; avidyāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigavidya

by ignorance; by illusion; by nescience; due to ignorance; due to illusion; ignorance; in ignorance; nescience; nescience, or māyā; nescience, or godlessness; of ignorance; of illusion.—nescience, or godlessness; karmaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkarma

karma; according to work; act; action; actions; activities (to support the Daityas); activities; activities being dedicated to You; activities of service to You; activity; activity of life; acts; and activities; and fruitive activities; and work; another activity; by actions; by activities; by fruitive activities; by predestined resultant actions; by wonderful activities, pious activities; by work; duties; duty; fruitive action; fruitive activities; fruitive activity; fruitive desires; fruitive work; in activities; material activities; my deeds; of activities; of fruitive activities; of the activities; one's prescribed activities; pastimes; pastimes, activities; prescribed duties; prescribed duty; reaction of the past; reactionary work; story; such service to the master; the accomplishment; the act; the activities; the activity; the business; the fate of the living entity; the fruits of action; the fruits of activities; the interaction; the objective; the sacrifice; these activities; to such activities; transcendental activity; uncommon deeds; whose transcendental activities; work.—and fruitive activities; saṁjñāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsamjna

known as; name; Saṁjñā.—known as; anyāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_biganya

another; any other; anyone else; anything else; different; diverted; else; for others; from others; other; other types; other,; others; others'; someone else; that other.—another; tṛtīyāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigtrtiya

the third; third.—third; śaktiḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsaktih

energy; material energy; possessing energies; potency; the energy; the feminine (marginal and external) energies; the potency.—potency; iṣyateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigiṣyate

becomes possible; for this purpose the creation is there; is accepted; is accepted as; is available; known thus; prescribed; taken in that way.—is accepted as. ¶

“ ‘The internal potency of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is spiritual, as verified by the śāstras. There is another spiritual potency, known as kṣetra-jña, or the living entity. The third potency, which is known as nescience, makes the living entity godless and fills him with fruitive activity. ¶

In the Bhagavad-gītā, in Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s discourse on the kṣetra and the kṣetra-jña, it is clearly stated that the kṣetra-jña is the living entity who knows his field of activities. The living entities in the material world are forgetful of their eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This forgetfulness is called avidyā, or nescience. The avidyā-śakti, the avidyā potency of the material world, provokes fruitive activity. Although this avidyā-śakti (material energy, or nescience) is also an energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is especially intended to keep the living entities in a state of forgetfulness. This is due to their rebellious attitude toward the Lord. Thus although the living entities are constitutionally spiritual, they come under the influence of the potency of nescience. How this happens is described in the following verse. ¶