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

Verse 267 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.267

আদ্যো ঽবতারঃ পুরুষঃ পরস্য কালঃ স্বভাবঃ সদসন্মনশ্চ দ্রব্যং বিকারো গুণ ইন্দ্রিযাণি বিরাট্স্বরাট্স্থাস্নু চরিষ্ণু ভূম্নঃ

आद्यो ऽवतारः पुरुषः परस्य कालः स्वभावः सदसन्मनश्च द्रव्यं विकारो गुण इन्द्रियाणि विराट्स्वराट्स्थास्नु चरिष्णु भूम्नः

ādyo 'vatāraḥ puruṣaḥ parasya kālaḥ svabhāvaḥ sad-asan-manaś ca dravyaṁ vikāro guṇa indriyāṇi virāṭ svarāṭ sthāsnu cariṣṇu bhūmnaḥ

Synonyms

ādyaḥ avatāraḥ—the original incarnation; puruṣaḥ—the Lord; parasya—of the Supreme; kālaḥ—time; svabhāvaḥ—nature; sat-asat—cause and effect; manaḥ ca—as well as the mind; dravyam—the five elements; vikāraḥ—transformation or the false ego; guṇaḥ—modes of nature; indriyāṇi—senses; virāṭ—the universal form; svarāṭ—complete independence; sthāsnu—immovable; cariṣṇu—movable; bhūmnaḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

" 'Kāraṇābdhiśāyī Viṣṇu [Mahā-Viṣṇu] is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, elements, material ego, modes of nature, senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.6.42). For an explanation, refer to Ādi-līlā, Chapter Five, verse 83.

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