This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.3.1). The commentary of Madhva on Srimad-Bhagavatam mentions that the following sixteen spiritual energies are present in the spiritual world:
(1) sri,
(2) bhu,
(3) lila,
(4) kanti,
(5) kirti,
(6) tusti,
(7) gir,
(8) pusti,
(9) satya
(10) jnanajnana,
(11) jaya utkarsini,
(12) vimala,
(13) yogamaya,
(14) prahvi,
(15) isana and
(16) anugraha.
In his commentary on the Laghu-bhagavatamrta, Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana has said that the above energies are also known by nine names:
(1) vimala,
(2) utkarsini
(3) jnana,
(4) kriya,
(5) yoga,
(6) prahvi,
(7) satya,
(8) isana and
(9) anugraha.
In the Bhagavat-sandarbha of Srila Jiva Gosvami (text 117) they are described as
(1) sri,
(2) pusti,
(3) gir,
(4) kanti,
(5) kirti,
(6) tusti,
(7) ila,
(8) jaya,
( 9) vidyavidya,
(10) maya,
(11) samvit,
(12) sandhini,
(13) hladini,
(14) bhakti,
(15) murti,
(16) vimala,
(17) yoga,
(18) prahvi,
(19) isana,
(20) anugraha, etc.
All these energies act in different spheres of the Lord’s supremacy.
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