Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 266 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.266

জগৃহে পৌরুষং রূপং ভগবান্মহদাদিভিঃ সম্ভূতং ষোডশকলমাদৌ লোকসিসৃক্ষযা

जगृहे पौरुषं रूपं भगवान्महदादिभिः सम्भूतं षोडशकलमादौ लोकसिसृक्षया

jagṛhe pauruṣaṁ rūpaṁ bhagavān mahad-ādibhiḥ sambhūtaṁ ṣoḍaśa-kalam ādau loka-sisṛkṣayā

Synonyms

jagṛheaccepted; pauruṣam rūpamthe form of the puruṣa incarnation; bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; mahat-ādibhiḥwith the material energy, etc.; sambhūtamcreated; ṣoḍaśasixteen; kalamelements; ādauin the beginning; lokaof the material worlds; sisṛkṣayāwith a desire for the creation..

Translation

" 'In the beginning of the creation, the Lord expanded Himself in the form of the puruṣa incarnation, accompanied by all the ingredients of material creation. First He created the sixteen principal energies suitable for creation. This was for the purpose of manifesting the material universes.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3.1). For an explanation, refer to Ādi-līlā, Chapter Five, verse 84.

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