Logos 478
The Lord reveals to us that in reality, under the influence of the three gunas, the soul misled by the false ego believes that it is the author of its acts, whereas in reality they are performed by nature.
The three gunas: the three attributes and modes of influence of material nature: virtue, passion and ignorance.
The false ego: identification with the body and domination of matter.
Through and by its various energies, God punishes beings according to their karma.
The Forms, Names, Entertainments, Attributes, Companions and Energies of the Supreme Lord, all of which are part of the Absolute, do not differ from Him in any way.
His absolute energy, for example, acts commensurate with His omnipotence [omnipotence, absolute decision-making power, without limits]. Unique, it manifests itself in three different ways: as internal, external or marginal energy, and the Lord in His omnipotence can accomplish anything He wants through any of these three energies. Thus, by His will alone, He can transform external energy into internal energy, and likewise, this external energy, which serves to delude the beings who desire it, can, by the grace of the Lord, remove the weight of its influence when the conditioned soul repents of its faults and takes the penitential path. This same energy can still, from that moment on, contribute to the purification of the being who progresses on the path of spiritual realization.
Verily, Krishna, God, the Supreme Person possesses very vast energies of which the three main ones are; the internal energy, which is also the internal power and bliss, the external energy, which is also the material energy, and the marginal energy of which we are all components.
The internal energy of the Lord is in turn divided into three divisions called; samvit, hladini and sandhini. The hladini energy is more precisely his blissful power. It is present in every spiritual being, since everyone seeks happiness in one or other of its forms. It is an inclination that corresponds to the deep nature of the living being.
The blissful power of Krishna's inner energy is very difficult to comprehend, and it remains so as long as one does not develop the knowledge that one must have of the Lord.