Gauragopala Das ACBSP: "Sakti-tattva" is the energy or potency in many categories of Lord Krsna who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of ALL causes.

Srimad Bhagavatam - "Sakti means the "energy of Krsna." (SB, Canto 4 Ch 6 text 43)

Krsna has many different energies-

1 - The marginal living entities (jiva-souls) are one of Krsna's energies.

2 - Matter (mahat-tattva, material energy or maya) is one of Krsna's energies.

3 - The different consorts and associates of Krsna, the internal potency known as Visnu-"sakti"-tattva, are one of Krsna's energies.

4 - The direct expansions of Krsna known as Visnu-tattva, are one of Krsna's energies.

5 - Lord Siva (Siva-tattva) who is in a league of his own is one of Krsna's energies.

Furthermore, love can NEVER exist when there is just "one," EVEN for Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of ALL causes.

There MUST be two involved in a "two-way" exchange if love is to truly exist

Even Krsna had to divide Himself into two just so He could have a "two-way" loving relationship with a girl, and that girl is Srimati Radharani.

Srimati Rādhārāṇī is the manifestation of the pleasure potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is Krsna's direct expansion.

Krsna created Radharani just so He could experience the loving effection and association with a women because real love can only be realized when there are two in a relationship.

The marginal living entities or potency (jiva-souls) are also sakti-tattva living entities who are part and parcel of the energy of Krsna.

The marginal living entities (jiva-souls) in their natural position, are in the category known as the "internal potency" also because they are eternal spiritual beings.

The marginal potency (jiva-souls) are NOT in the category of material energy or matter because, as said above, they are spiritual beings.

There are also different categories of "sakti-tattva" including within the category of living expansions of Krsna's energies.

We are the individual "marginal living entities" (jiva-tattva or jiva-soul) expansions of Krsna also known as the marginal potency or energy.

While other living beings are direct expansions of Krsna's Personality called His internal energy or potency who are His Visnu-"sakti"-tattva expansions.

Headed by the name "Visnu" because they are direct expansions of Krsna just like the Visnu-tattva are also.

Krsna's internal potency such as Srimati Radharani and other Visnu-tattva intimate inhabitants of Vṛndāvana like Balarama are all direct expansions of Krsna.

The marginal potency (jiva-souls) are also part of the internal potency (expansions of Krsna) but in a different category called the marginal living entities.

This means the jiva-souls can choose to be under the influence of the spiritual energy, or material energy, putting them on the "margin" in-between spirit and matter, and therefore called marginal living entities.

The jiva-souls also have their own independent personality separate from Krsna's Personality, and are not full expansions of Gods like the Visnu-tattva and Visnu-(sakti)-tattva expansions are.

There is also Siva-tattva who is neither jiva-tattva, Visnu-tattva or Visnu-(sakti)-tattva, he is in his own unique category.

Lord Siva is in a league of his own and has 85.938% of Krsna's qualities, or 55 of Krsna's 64 qualities.

The Visnu-"sakti"-tattva and Visnu-tattva expansions ARE Krsna in another role but only have 93.75% of Krsna's attributes which is 60 of Krsna's 64 qualities.

The marginal living entities (jiva-souls) have 78.125% of Krsna's attributes which is 50 of Krsna's 64 qualities.

Sakti-tattva refers to all the different expansions of Krsna, each known in the following way-

1 - Visnu-tattva direct expansions of Krsna (God) like Lord Visnu, Narayana, Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakashayi Visnu, Paramatma etc.

2 - Visnu-(sakti)-tattva is Radharani and of Her associates, friends, family members and servants etc

3 - Siva-tattva in a league of his own between Visnu-tattva and jiva-tattva.

4 - Jiva-tattva (the marginal living entities) are independent beings who are not God (Krsna or Visnu). They have their own independence and unique individual personality seperate from Krsna's Personality.

The individual jiva-souls are independent living entities who choose to voluntarily serve Krsna in the spiritual world (The Kingdom of God)

The jiva-souls are also part and parcel of internal potency or energy regadless of being independent and sometimes falling down to the temporary material energy.

As said above, the jiva-souls or marginal living entities, have their own unique personality and sense of independent identity and have their own separate personality and character different from Krsna, yet are simultaneously fully dependent on Krsna as His eternal parts and parcels.

The reason why Krsna gave the jiva-souls their "free will" is so they can choose for themselves how to love Him (serve) in their own unique way without any pressure or force from Krsna.

The jiva-souls in the spiritual world are NOT programmed mindless drones who only obey and never contribute anything by thinking for themselves as independent individuals, as some nonsense religious cults who foolishly claim once the jiva-souls are in the spiritual world they never again fall down.

Only silly fools believe the nonsense that the jiva-souls can never again fall down from the Vaikuntha planets or Goloka-Vrindavana once there however, the fact is more that 90% of jiva-souls "choose" to never fall down from the Vaikuntha planets or Goloka-Vrindavana.

Srila Prabhupada – "So everyone can know that independence means one can use it properly, or one misuse it, that is independence. If you make it one-way only, that is not independence that is force." (Los Angeles, June 23, 1975)

Srila Prabhupada - "Free will means that you can act wrongly. That is "free will". Unless there is chance of doing wrong or right, there is no question of "free will". Where is "free will" then? If I act only one sided, that means I have no "free will". Because we act sometimes wrongly, that means free will."

Hayagriva - "A man may know better but still act wrongly."

Srila Prabhupada -"Yes, but that is "free will". He misuses his. Just like a thief, he knows that his stealing, it is bad, but still he does it. That is free will. He cannot check his greediness, so in spite of his knowing that he is doing wrong thing—he will be punished, he knows; he has seen another thief, he was punished, he was put into prison— everything he knows, but still he steals. Why? Misuse of free will. Unless there is misuse of free will, there is no question of free will." (Excerpt from: Philosophy Discussions with Srila Prabhupada – Rene Descartes)

Without "free will" the jiva-souls are no better than dead stone Prabhupada has warned us.

Srila Prabhupada - "If you have no free will, then you are a stone. The stone has no free will. You want to be stone? Then you must have free will. But don't misuse your free will. But don't try to become stone either. That is not life." (Aug 5, 1976, New Mayapur France)

Srila Prabhupada - "Love means you take and you give also. Suppose if you love somebody and you simply take from him, but you don't give. Oh, do you think it is very good? No. It is not good. That is NOT love. That is exploitation. If I go on simply taking from you, and if I don't offer you anything, that is simply exploitation." (Lecture BG, Ch 9 text 2-5, New York City, Nov 23, 1966)

Srila Prabhupada - "We have got the propensity to love. Love means somebody else. Love cannot be one or love cannot be executed only one, personally. There must be another one. I love somebody; somebody loves me, there must be lover, there must be beloved, and the transaction, then love." (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 2 text 6, Delhi, Nov 12, 1973)

Only by having "free will" can genuine loving exchanges and reciprocation take place, without free will the jiva-souls are no better than dead stone Prabhupada has warned us.

Furthermore, Krsna NEVER interfers with the "free will" of the jiva-souls because if He did and never allowed them to have the free will to make their own choices in the spiritual world, then that would mean loving exchanges of voluntarily service can never exist.

If one is forced to worship Krsna or Visnu then that is NOT love, it is tyranny, bullying, slavery and impersonalism.

That "impersonal" version of Krsna's abode of Goloka-Vrindavana or the Vaikuntha Planets, where it is DEMANDED with physical or verbal force the jiva-souls surrender their "free will" to Krsna and let Him flow through you, taking over your individual existence and doing all your thinking for you (that many nonsense sangas propagate) is dangerous IMPERSONAL religious nonsense.

Their bogus version of Vaisnavism and Krsna Consciousness must be rejected.

Having "free will" allows the jiva-souls to be the individual independent PERSON they are eternally in God's perpetual Kingdom, where they can ALWAYS choose to voluntarily contribute their own personal unique offerings to Krsna.

This is what the REAL Goloka-Vrindavana and Vaikuntha planets are like.

Srila Prabhupada - "We have got the propensity to love. Love means somebody else. Love cannot be with just one, or love cannot be executed only one, there must be another one. I love somebody; somebody loves me, there must be lover, there must be beloved, and the transaction, then love." (Lecture SB Canto 1 Ch 2 text 6, Delhi, Nov 12, 1973)

As said above, the individual jiva-souls are independent living entities in the spiritual worlds and have their own unique personality separate from Krsna's Personality, yet are simultaneously ALWAYS dependent on Krsna as His eternal parts and parcels because EVERYTHING belongs to Krsna.

The reason why Krsna gave the jiva souls their independence and "free will" is so they can choose for themselves how to serve Him in their own unique personal way. This means the jiva-souls can always contribute their own unique personal offerings to Krsna without any pressure or force.

"Real love" or service can ONLY exist when "free will" allows the jiva-souls to voluntarily participate in loving devotional service or exchanges with Krsna so they can voluntary contribute to Him in their own unique way in their relationship with Krsna.

Surrender to Krsna in the spiritual world does not mean giving up your "free will" and allowing Krsna to control your every actions, deeds and thoughts.

No, the jiva-souls in the spiritual world are NOT programmed mindless impersonal drones or slaves who only obey and never contribute to the relationship with Krsna by thinking for themselves what they want to contribute or offer to Krsna.

Only by having "free will" can genuine loving voluntary exchanges and reciprocation take place.

Srila Prabhupada - "The impersonalist philosophy is oneness. So how there be love with just one? Is it possible? Have you got any such experience that love means one? No. Love means two. There MUST be two, the lover and the beloved. Kṛṣṇa is already lover. He loves you so much that He's trying to get you back. That is Kṛṣṇa's attempt. "Please, My dear boy, or My dear friend, My dear servant..." (Lecture SB, Canto 2 Ch 1 text 3, Paris, June 12, 1974)

The majority (over 90%) of jiva-souls are perpetually situated in either the Vaikuntha planets or Goloka-Vrindavana and choose to never fall to the material creation.

Where as the Visnu-"sakti"-tattva and Visnu-tattva Personalities are eternal inhabitants of the Vaikuntha planets and Vrindavana (internal potency) who NEVER fall down because they are all Krsna playing different roles in His own pastimes or lilas.

So, obviously they never choose to forget Krsna because they ARE Krsna acting in different roles in His own eternal pastimes and affairs.

Those devotees and scholars in all Sampridayas who claim the living entities never fall down from the spiritual world, only refers to these living entities (direct expansions of Krsna) and NOT the individual jiva-souls (marginal living entities)

Those who never fall down are direct expansions of Krsna Himself and part of His intimate internal potency who ARE all full expansions of Krsna in multiple roles.

For example, the Pancha-tattva are a combination of Krsna, Visnu-"sakti"-tattva, Visnu-tattva, Siva-tattva and jiva-tattva Personalities with only one being jiva-tattva or jiva-soul.

1 - Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the combination of Radharani and Krsna in one spiritual Body.

2 - Nityananda is Krsna's first personal expansion in the form of Balarama.

3 - Advaita Acharya is the combined power of Visnu and the mysterious Siva (Harihara).

4 - Gadadhara is the combined power of Krsna's internal energy and an expansion of Srimati Radharani.

5 - Srivasa is Krsna's pure devotee and symbolizes devotion, the only marginal living entity, jiva-tattva or jiva-soul in the Pancha-Tattva.

Srila Prabhupada - "Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Śrī Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Śrī Gadādhara, and Śrīvāsādi. Śrīvāsādi means jīva-tattva. The jīva-tattva, śakti-tattva, viṣṇu-tattva, these are all tattvas. So Pañca-tattva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is the supreme tattva, Kṛṣṇa. Śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya, rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya. We are worshipping Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. So Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa combined." (Lecture CC Adi-lila 7.5, Mayapur, March 7, 1974)

The correct understanding is that ALL the different grades of Krsna’s living energies are under the broad category of sakti-tattva.

Sakti-tattva includes ALL expansions of Krsna but in different categories-

1 -Visnu-tattva, (equal to Krsna as God)

2 - Visnu-"sakti"-tattva (internal potency (also God) that includes Radharani and Her associates)

3 - Siva-tattva, in a unique league of his own and Krsna's greatest devotee.

4 - Jiva-tattva or jiva-souls (The marginal living entities)

1 and 2 - Visnu-tattva (1) and Visnu-"sakti"-tattva (2) are direct expansions of Krsna who are all Krsna Himself playing different roles in His own pastimes.

Srila Prabhupada - "The "immediate" expansions of the Lord are called svāṁśa or "personal direct" expansions (Visnu-tattva). The "separated" expansions of the Lord are called vibhinnāṁśa - jiva-tattva or independent jiva-souls like us." (BG, Ch 10 text 37, Purport)

Each individual jiva-soul in the spiritual world can "choose" to "voluntarily" serve Krsna in an unlimited variety of ways as an unlimited varieties of bodily forms, or even reject Krsna if they choose to do so, and enter or return to the impermanent decaying material world.

The "marginal potency" (jiva-tattva) ARE the collective of individual jiva-souls who were never created, have no origin, nor will they ever cease to be as Bhagavad Gita As It Is explains.

Many have misunderstood these facts about what "marginal" really means. It is NOT some place in outer space where jiva-souls are generated or originate from because they have no origin.

Being “generated” from the marginal plane does NOT mean the jiva-souls “originated” from some "so called place" in the Brahmajyoti, Spiritual Sky, Maha-Visnu or tatastha-sakti and the impersonal brahmajyoti that foolish religious cults wrongly claim.

As clearly explained, the jiva-souls, being "marginal," means they are "in-between" the influence of spirit and matter, and can choose either side at anytime.

This means they can choose "one side or the other" because they have free will.

They can choose the spiritual side (the jiva-soul's nature position and full potential), or the material side (unnatural conditioned state)

So, the real meaning of "marginal" is the jiva-souls can choose to be with the spiritual energy, or the material energy, based on their free will.

The visiting jiva-souls who enter the material creation MUST obtain (hire) a material bodily vessel first from Maha-Visnu's dreams.

Every material bodily vessel in the material creation must be first "hired" from Maha-Visnu who owns them all.

Srila Prabhupada - "We are not the owner of this body, not the owner of the senses. The senses are "hired" from the Supreme Lord. This is very subtle understanding, one should know the proprietor of the senses is God." (March 1966 NY City USA)

Each individual jiva-soul in the spiritual world can "choose" to "voluntarily" serve Krsna in an unlimited variety of ways as an unlimited varieties of bodily forms, or even reject Krsna if they choose and enter or return to the impermanent material world.

In the material world, each material bodily vessel is always available for "hire" to the jiva-souls, and are continuously available to all visiting jiva-souls who also choose to enter the temporary decaying material creation.

The REAL home of the jiva-souls is always in either the Vaikuntha planets of Lord Visnu, or Krsna's central planet of Goloka-Vrindavana and NOT the temporary mundane material creation, or merged inactively (dormant) in the impersonal Brahmajyoti.

From Maha-Visnu's point of view, the movement through material time's past, present and future all exist simultaneously, and is always there as a "permanent pathway" that unlimited jiva-souls are continuously moving through.

Srila Prabhupada – "This material creation is the spirit soul’s dream. Actually all existence in the material world is a dream of Maha-Visnu, as the Brahma-Samhita describes-

"This material world is created by the dreaming of Maha-Visnu. The real, factual platform is the spiritual world, but when the spirit soul wants to imitate the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is put into this dreamland of material creation." (SB, Canto 4 Ch 29 Text 83)

Srila Prabhupada – "Everything happening within time, which consists of past, present and future, is merely a dream. This is the secret in understanding in all the Vedic literature." (SB, Canto 4 Ch 29 text 2b)

Srila Prabhupada – "Our contact with matter is just like dream. Actually we are not fallen. Therefore, because we are not fallen, at any moment we can revive our Krsna consciousness, we break the dream." (Tokyo Japan 1972 lecture on SB)

Srila Prabhupada – "Factually all of material existence is only a dream. Thus there is no question of past, present or future. Persons who are addicted to karma-kanda-vicara, which means ‘working for future happiness through fruitive activities’, are also dreaming. Similarly, past happiness and present happiness are merely dreams." (SB, Canto 4 Ch 29 text 2b)

Each material bodily "pathway" that the visiting jiva-soul travels on, comes from the already "dreamed" dreams of Maha-Visnu.

Srila Prabhupāda - "The spirit soul unfortunately misuses this God-given minute free will and falls into the dark well of nescience and illusion. Once the spirit soul takes shelter of māyā, the illusory material energy, he develops the material qualities of goodness, passion, and ignorance. The spirit soul loses his original characteristics and develops a new nature, which is controlled by the three modes of material nature, and this continues until such time as he transcends them. His actions are prompted accordingly. If it happened in any other way, then material variegatedness would not be visible in this phenomenal world. So, if a person fails to inform himself about the very subtle laws and workings of material nature, and at the same time he argues that all activities are sanctioned and inspired by the Supreme Lord, then he is reducing the Supreme Lord's position and making Him out to be partial and unjust. The Lord never favors one and discriminates against another. Factually, He advises everyone to give up all material activities, which are by nature unstable and temporary. Because of forgetfulness of God, a man becomes an eternal victim of ignorance, which then colours all his actions." (Renunciation Through Wisdom 1.9)

Within Maha-Visnu's material creation exists every possible "dream" to fulfil every desire the visiting jiva-souls have, every scenario they can come up with is eternally existing in Maha-Visnu's dreams. This means the jiva-soul's ability to express "free will" is already factored into the equation of the destiny of each material bodily vessel.

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is - "O Arjuna, whatever you wish to see, behold at once in this body of Mine! This universal form can show you whatever you now desire to see and whatever you may want to see in the future. Everything moving and nonmoving is here completely, in one place." (BG As It Is, Translation Ch 11 Text 7)

Srila Prabhupada - "No one can see the entire universe while sitting in one place. Even the most advanced scientist cannot see what is going on in other parts of the universe. But a devotee like Arjuna can see everything that exists in any part of the universe. Kṛṣṇa gives him the power to see anything he wants to see, past, present and future. Thus by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna is able to see EVERYTHING!" (BG As It Is, Purport Ch 11 Text 7)

Siva-tattva and jiva-tattva can NEVER act as Krsna or the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Each individual jiva-soul has their own unique personality and character that is separate from Krsna as explained above in different ways for a clearer understanding.

Srila Prabhupada - ''There are Viṣṇu-tattva, Jīva-tattva and Sakti-tattva.

1 - Viṣṇu-tattva is the Supreme Absolute Truth,

2 - jīva-tattva (jiva-souls) are part and parcel.

3 - (Visnu)-sakti-tattva is the energy of God''. (Lecture SB, Canto 1 Ch 5 text 15, New Vrindaban, June 19, 1969)

Understanding the meaning of "marginal living entity or marginal potency or energy."

The jiva-souls are known as Krsna's “marginal energy,” the marginal energy (jiva-souls) are individual living entities and NOT some place where the jiva-souls have originated from, no, the marginal potency or realm ARE the individual jiva-souls!

This simply means the jiva-souls are under the influence of either the spiritual energy or under the influence of the material energy.

The marginal realm or potency is NOT a place, as clearly said above the marginal potency ARE the individual jiva-souls.

Many misunderstand this fact because there is no origin to Krsna's marginal energy (an unlimited number of individual jiva-souls), who have existed as long as Krsna has existed.

The marginal platform means the "jiva-souls" or spirit souls, who naturally belong as individuals in the supreme spiritual energy with Krsna, are called "marginal living entities" because they can choose to be influenced by either the spiritual energy, or material energy eternally, explained as follows by Prabhupada.

Srila Prabhupada – “The jiva-souls are Krsna’s marginal energy. Marginal energy means the jiva-souls may be under the control of the spiritual energy, or they may be under the control of material energy. But when the jiva-souls are under the control of the material energy, that is their precarious condition, struggle for existence. And when they are under spiritual energy, that is their original position and life of freedom.” (Los Angeles, Nov 23, 1968)

Srila Prabhupada - "We (the jiva-souls) are marginal energy (jiva-souls) Marginal means sometimes internal, sometimes external. When we are under the internal energy, that is our normal life, and when we are under the external energy, that is our abnormal life. Therefore, we are called marginal energy (jiva-souls); we can be either this way or that way. But being qualitatively one with the purusa, our tendency is to remain in the internal energy. Being in the external energy is our artificial attempt." (Letter to Lilavati, Allston, Mass 25 April, 1969)

Srila Prabhupada - "The material energy, called as Maya, is also one of the multipotencies of the Lord, as much as we (the jiva-souls) are also marginal potency of the Lord. The living entities (jiva-souls) are described as superior energy than matter, when the superior energy is in contact with inferior energy, it becomes an incompatible situation. But when the supreme marginal potency (jiva-souls) are in contact with the spiritual potency, Hara, it becomes the happy, normal condition of the living entity." (The Happening Album, New York City, Dec 1966)

Srila Prabhupada - "You are also energy; you are marginal energy (jiva-soul) Marginal energy means you (the jiva-souls) may be under the control of the spiritual energy or you may be under the control of material energy, your marginal position. But when you are under the control of the material energy, that is your precarious condition, struggle for existence. And when you are under spiritual energy, that is your life of freedom." (Intro BG As It Is, Los Angeles, Nov 23, 1968)

Therefore, being “generated” from the marginal plane does not mean the jiva-souls “originated” from some so called place in the Brahmajyoti.

First of all, being placed in the marginal category means having free will, or having the choice to be influenced by the spiritual energy (their nature position and full potential) or influenced by the material energy.

As said above, the real meaning of "marginal" means the jiva-souls can be choose to be influenced by either the spiritual energy, or the material energy based on their free will.

There is no origin to the individual jiva-souls, they are eternally parts and parcel of Krsna and just as old as Krsna.

Srila Prabhupada – "The jiva-souls are Krsna's marginal energy. Marginal energy means we can live either in this external energy or in the internal energy, in between. So at the present moment we are living in the external energy. But this external energy is also Kṛṣṇa's energies, God's energy. It is not different from Him. But the external energy means we are captivated by the external energy. But the external energy is not permanent. The internal energy is permanent. The spiritual world is permanent, and the jiva-souls are also permanent as Bhagavad Gita As It Is Chapter 2 text 20 (1983 edition) reveals.” (Lecture on BG 9.4 - Melb, Australia April 23, 1976)

Bhagavad Gita As It Is Chapter 2 text 20 explains the jiva-souls have existed for “infinity”

This means, just like Krsna, they are beginning less and endless, and were NEVER created-

Bhagavad Gita As It Is - “For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” (BG, Ch 2 text 20 “corrected” 1983 edition)

Bhagavad Gita As It Is Chapter 2 text 12 also confirms the jiva-souls were NEVER created. This is because they have no origin and have existed for infinity like Krsna has, as Krsna explains-

Bhagavad Gita As It Is - “Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.” (BG As It Is, Ch 2 text 12)

The jiva-souls (marginal living entities) and Kṛṣṇa have always existed and were NEVER created.

Srila Prabhupada – “There are no new souls, new and old are due to this material body, but the jiva-soul is never born and never dies, so if there is no birth, how can there be new souls?” (Letter to Jagadisa dasa, 7/9/1970)

Being a "marginal" living entity also means having the free will to accept or reject Krsna.

All marginal living entities (jiva-souls) are EQUALLY intimate and uniquely exclusively personal with Krsna (God) in His eyes within His Kingdom regardless of the pastime.

This is because in the spiritual world ALL relationships with Krsna are "equally blissful to each other", just like one may like a carnation flower, while others like a rose flower.

Srila Prabhupada - "The jiva-soul's position in the spiritual world is voluntary. Some devotees want to serve Krsna as flower; they become flower there. If I want that "As a flower I shall lie down at the lotus feet of Krsna," he becomes flower, voluntarily, and he can change his, from flower to human body. That is spiritual life. There is no restriction. If some devotee wants to serve Krsna as cow, he serves Krsna as cow, as calf, as flower, as plant, as water, as ground, field, or as father, as mother, as friend, as beloved, anything. It is inconceivable, yet a fact." (SB Canto 6 Ch 1 text 1-4 - Melb, Australia May 20, 1975)

The word "marginal" simply means the jiva-souls are under the influence of either the spiritual energy, or the material energy.***.