View source for The external energy consists of two parts - the efficient cause (nimitta) and the material cause (upadana), maya being the efficient cause and pradhana the material cause

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[[Category:External Energy]]
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[[Category:Maya the Illusory Energy]]
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<div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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<div class="heading">Just as the external energy consists of two parts—the efficient cause (nimitta) and the material cause (upādāna), māyā being the efficient cause and pradhāna the material cause—so Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, assumes two forms to create the material world with the efficient and material causes.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 6.14-15|CC Adi 6.14-15, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Just as the external energy consists of two parts—the efficient cause (nimitta) and the material cause (upādāna), māyā being the efficient cause and pradhāna the material cause—so Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, assumes two forms to create the material world with the efficient and material causes.</p>
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