# Cc. Madhya 20.113 ## 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).