# Cc. Ādi 7.117 > জীবতত্ত্ব — শক্তি, কৃষ্ণতত্ত্ব — শক্তিমান্ । > গীতা-বিষ্ণুপুরাণাদি তাহাতে প্রমাণ ॥১১৭॥ ## Text > jīva-tattva—śakti, kṛṣṇa-tattva—śaktimān > gītā-viṣṇupurāṇādi tāhāte pramāṇa ## Synonyms *jīva-tattva*—the truth of the living entities; *śakti*—energy; *kṛṣṇa-tattva*—the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *śakti-mān*—the possessor of the energies; *gītā*—the *Bhagavad-gītā*; *viṣṇu-purāṇa-ādi*—*Viṣṇu Purāṇa* and other *Purāṇas*; *tāhāte*—in them; *pramāṇa*—there are evidences. ## Translation **"The living entities are energies, not the energetic. The energetic is Kṛṣṇa. This is very vividly described in the Bhagavad-gītā, the Viṣṇu Purāṇa and other Vedic scriptures.** ## Purport As already explained, there are three *prasthānas* on the path of advancement in spiritual knowledge-namely, *nyāya-prasthāna* (Vedānta philosophy), *śruti-prasthāna* (the *Upaniṣads* and Vedic *mantras*) and *smṛti-prasthāna* (the *Bhagavad-gītā, Mahābhārata, Purāṇas,* etc.). Unfortunately, Māyāvādī philosophers do not accept the *smṛti-prasthāna. Smṛti* refers to the conclusions drawn from the Vedic evidence. Sometimes Māyāvādī philosophers do not accept the authority of the *Bhagavad-gītā* and the *Purāṇas,* and this is called *ardha-kukkuṭī-nyāya,* "the logic of half a hen." (A foolish farmer once thought he would save money by cutting off his hen's head, which he had to feed, and leaving its tail, which produced the eggs.) If one believes in the Vedic literature, one must accept all the Vedic scriptures recognized by the great *ācāryas,* but these Māyāvādī philosophers accept only the *nyāya-prasthāna* and *śruti-prasthāna,* rejecting the *smṛti-prasthāna.* Here, however, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu cites evidence from the *Gītā, Viṣṇu Purāṇa,* etc., which are *smṛti-prasthāna.* No one can avoid the Personality of Godhead in the statements of the *Bhagavad-gītā* and other Vedic scripttures such as the *Mahābhārata* and the *Purāṇas.* Lord Caitanya therefore quotes a passage from the *Bhagavad-gītā* [[bg/7/5|(Bg. 7.5)]].