CC Madhya 20.303

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

CC Madhya 20.302

CC Madhya 20.304

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 303

garbhodakaśāyi-dvārā śakti sañcāri’
vyaṣṭi sṛṣṭi kare kṛṣṇa brahmā-rūpa dhari’

SYNONYMS

garbha-udaka-śāyi-dvārā—by Lord Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; śakti sañcāri’—giving him special powers; vyaṣṭi—total; sṛṣṭi—creation; kare—does; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; brahmā-rūpa dhari’—accepting the form of Lord Brahmā.

TRANSLATION

“Such a devotee is empowered by Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. In this way, an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa in the form of Brahmā engineers the total creation of the universe.

PURPORT

The Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu puruṣa-avatāra expansion of Lord Viṣṇu accepts the material modes—sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa—and thus incarnates as Lord Viṣṇu, Brahmā and Śiva. These are incarnations of the material qualities. Among the many superior living entities qualified with pious activities and devotional service, one, called Lord Brahmā, is infused with the quality of passion by the supreme will of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Thus Lord Brahmā becomes the incarnation of the creative energy of the Lord.