# Cc. Madhya 20.113 > শক্তয়ঃ সর্বভাবানামচিন্ত্যজ্ঞানগোচরাঃ । > যতোঽতো ব্রহ্মণস্তাস্তু সর্গাদ্যা ভাবশক্তয়ঃ । > ভবন্তি তপতাং শ্রেষ্ঠ পাবকস্য যথোষ্ণতা ॥১১৩॥ ## Text > śaktayaḥ sarva-bhāvānām > acintya-jñāna-gocarāḥ > yato 'to brahmaṇas tās tu > sargādyā bhāva-śaktayaḥ > bhavanti tapatāṁ śreṣṭha > pāvakasya yathoṣṇatā ## Synonyms *śaktayaḥ*—energies; *sarva-bhāvānām*—of all types of creation; *acintya*—inconceivable; *jñāna-gocarāḥ*—by the range of man's knowledge; *yataḥ*—from whom; *ataḥ*—therefore; *brahmaṇaḥ*—from the Absolute Truth; *tāḥ*—those; *tu*—but; *sarga-ādyāḥ*—bringing about creation, maintenance and annihilation; *bhāva-śaktayaḥ*—the creative energies; *bhavanti*—are; *tapatām*—of all the ascetics; *śreṣṭha*—O chief; *pāvakasya*—of fire; *yathā*—as; *uṣṇatā*—heat. ## Translation **“ 'All the creative energies, which are inconceivable to a common man, exist in the Supreme Absolute Truth. These inconceivable energies act in the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation. O chief of the ascetics, just as there are two energies possessed by fire-namely heat and light—these inconceivable creative energies are the natural characteristics of the Absolute Truth.'** ## Purport This is a quotation from the *Viṣṇu Purāṇa* (1.3.2).