The vibhavas, prabhavas and anubhavas of Krishna’s para shakti
Krsna has one personal energy called svarupa sakti or para sakti. This para sakti has three vibhavas, three prabhavas and three anubhavas by Krsna’s will. The three vibhavas are the cit sakti, jiva sakti and maya sakti. The three prabhavas are the iccha sakti, kriya sakti and jnana sakti. The three anubhavas are sandhini, hladini and samvit. By the influence of the iccha sakti (Supreme Will), the cit sakti manifests Goloka, Vaikuntha and other places of the Lord’s pastimes, Krsna’s names, the Lord’s various two handed or four handed or six handed forms, the pastimes with his associates in Goloka, Vrndavana, and Vaikuntha, and spiritual qualities such as mercy, forgiveness, and generosity. By the influence of the jnana sakti, the cit sakti produces various perceptions: aisvarya, madhurya, and beauty of the spiritual world. Krsna alone possesses the iccha sakti. The controller of the jnana sakti is Vasudeva and the controller of the kriya sakti is Baladeva, or Sankarsana. By the influence of the iccha sakti, jnana sakti and kriya sakti upon the jiva sakti, the forms of eternal associates, devatas, men, demons and raksasas appear. By the influence of Krsna’s kriya sakti, the Lord’s activities become manifest. Within the cit sakti, the sandhini, samvit and hladini saktis combine to produce the distinctive ecstasies of prema.
Chaitanya Shikshamrita, Bhaktivinoda Thakura