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# '''Iishitva:''' Iish means “to rule”, “to administer”. Iishitva means the ability to control other's mind. This supreme control may be used to guide others’ minds;<ref name="Párthasárathi Krśńa and Bhaktitattva" /> | # '''Iishitva:''' Iish means “to rule”, “to administer”. Iishitva means the ability to control other's mind. This supreme control may be used to guide others’ minds;<ref name="Párthasárathi Krśńa and Bhaktitattva" /> | ||
# '''Vashitva:''' Vashitva means to keep everything under control. If the horses are not kept under proper control – the human mind can be compared to a team of horses – if there is no rein, they may run amok and will be the cause of one’s downfall. So everything has to be regulated and controlled. <ref name="Párthasárathi Krśńa and Bhaktitattva" /> | # '''Vashitva:''' Vashitva means to keep everything under control. If the horses are not kept under proper control – the human mind can be compared to a team of horses – if there is no rein, they may run amok and will be the cause of one’s downfall. So everything has to be regulated and controlled. <ref name="Párthasárathi Krśńa and Bhaktitattva" /> | ||
# '''Prakamya''', Prakamya is the ability to materialize the desired outcome of events. Whatever Parama Purusa wants is accomplished. Things take shape according to Parama Purusa's wish. Everything in this world, from smallest atoms to largest stars start rushing to translate His wish into reality.<ref name="Párthasárathi Krśńa and Bhaktitattva" /> | # '''Prakamya''', Prakamya is the ability to materialize the desired outcome of events. Whatever Parama Purusa wants is accomplished. Things take shape according to Parama Purusa's wish. Everything in this world, from smallest atoms to largest stars start rushing to translate His wish into reality. This is prakamya. In a Bengali song it has been illustrated likewise: কী হবে ইচ্ছায় ইচ্ছাতে কী হয়, কৃষ্ণ ইচ্ছা বিনা ফল ফলে না (Translation: What is there in a desire? A desire cannot implement itself. Nothing can take place without the desire of [[Krsna]])<ref name="Párthasárathi Krśńa and Bhaktitattva" /> | ||
# '''Antaryámitva:''' is the ability to know the inner thought-wave and the inner need of any entity.<ref name="Párthasárathi Krśńa and Bhaktitattva" /> | # '''Antaryámitva:''' is the ability to know the inner thought-wave and the inner need of any entity.<ref name="Párthasárathi Krśńa and Bhaktitattva" /> | ||