বিরাড্হিরণ্যগর্ভশ্চ কারণং চেত্যুপাধযঃ ঈশস্য যত্ত্রিভির্হীনং তুরীযং তত্প্রচক্ষতে
विराड्हिरण्यगर्भश्च कारणं चेत्युपाधयः ईशस्य यत्त्रिभिर्हीनं तुरीयं तत्प्रचक्षते
virāḍ hiraṇya-garbhaś ca kāraṇaṁ cety upādhayaḥ īśasya yat tribhir hīnaṁ turīyaṁ tat pracakṣate
Synonyms
virāṭ—the virāṭ manifestation; hiraṇya-garbhaḥ—the hiraṇyagarbha manifestation; kāraṇam—the kāraṇa manifestation; ca—and; iti—thus; upādhayaḥ—particular designations; īśasya—of the Lord; yat—that which; tribhiḥ—these three; hīnam—without; turīyam—the fourth; tat—that; pracakṣate—he considers..
Translation
"In the material world the Lord is designated as virāṭ, hiraṇyagarbha and kāraṇa. But beyond these three designations, the Lord is ultimately in the fourth dimension."
Purport
The phenomenal manifestation of the supreme whole, the noumenal soul of everything, and the cause or causal nature are all but designations of the puruṣas, who are responsible for material creation. The transcendental position surpasses these designations and is therefore called the position of the fourth dimension. This is a quotation from Śrīdhara Svāmī's commentary on the Eleventh Canto, Fifteenth Chapter, verse 16, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.