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

Verse 268 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.268

সেই পুরুষ বিরজাতে করেন শযন ঽকারণাব্ধিশাযীঽ নাম জগত্কারণ

सेइ पुरुष विरजाते करेन शयन ऽकारणाब्धिशायीऽ नाम जगत्कारण

sei puruṣa virajāte karena śayana 'kāraṇābdhiśāyī' nāma jagat-kāraṇa

Synonyms

sei puruṣa—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; virajāte—on the border known as Virajā; karena śayana—lies down; kāraṇa-abdhi-śāyī—Kāraṇābdhiśāyī; nāma—named; jagat-kāraṇa—is the original cause of material creation..

Translation

"That original Personality of Godhead, named Saṅkarṣaṇa, first lies down in the River Virajā, which serves as a border between the material and spiritual worlds. As Kāraṇābdhiśāyī Viṣṇu, He is the original cause of the material creation.

Verse 268 of 399