Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 314 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.314

পালনার্থ স্বাংশ বিষ্ণুরূপে অবতার সত্ত্বগুণ দ্রষ্টা, তাতে গুণমাযাপার

पालनार्थ स्वांश विष्णुरूपे अवतार सत्त्वगुण द्रष्टा, ताते गुणमायापार

pālanārtha svāṁśa viṣṇu-rūpe avatāra sattva-guṇa draṣṭā, tāte guṇa-māyā-pāra

Synonyms

pālana-arthafor maintenance; svāṁśapersonal plenary expansion; viṣṇu-rūpein the form of Lord Viṣṇu; avatāraincarnation; sattva-guṇaof the mode of goodness; draṣṭādirector; tātetherefore; guṇa-māyā-pāratranscendental to the material modes of nature..

Translation

"For the maintenance of the universe, Lord Kṛṣṇa descends as His personal plenary expansion in the form of Viṣṇu. He is the director of the mode of goodness; therefore He is transcendental to the material energy.

Verse 314 of 399
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