CC Madhya 20.254

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20, Text 254

ইচ্ছা-জ্ঞান-ক্রিয়া বিনা না হয় সৃজন ।
তিনের তিনশক্তি মেলি’ প্রপঞ্চ-রচন ॥ ২৫৪ ॥

icchā-jñāna-kriyā vinā nā haya sṛjana
tinera tina-śakti meli’ prapañca-racana

Word by word

icchā-jñāna-kriyā — thinking, feeling, willing, knowledge and activity; vinā — without; nā — not; haya — there is; sṛjana — creation; tinera — of the three; tina-śakti — three potencies; meli’ — being amalgamated; prapañca-racana — there is the cosmic manifestation.

Translation

“There is no possibility of creation without thinking, feeling, willing, knowledge and activity. The combination of the supreme will, knowledge and action brings about the cosmic manifestation.”