CC Madhya 24.135

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

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CC Madhya 24.136

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 135

nirodho ‘syānuśayanam
ātmanaḥ saha śaktibhiḥ
muktir hitvānyathā-rūpaṁ
svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ

SYNONYMS

nirodhaḥ—winding up; asya—of this; anu—after; śayanam—lying down; ātmanaḥ—of the Supreme Lord; saha—with; śaktibhiḥ—the energies (marginal and external); muktiḥ—liberation; hitvā—giving up; anyathā—other; rūpam—form; svarūpeṇa—with one’s own eternal form; vyavasthitiḥ—staying.

TRANSLATION

“‘The living entities and other potencies merge into Mahā-Viṣṇu as the Lord lies down and winds up [destroys] the cosmic manifestation. Liberation means being situated in one’s eternal, original form after giving up the changeable gross and subtle bodies.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 2.10.6).