CC Madhya 20.268

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

Madhya-līlā 20.267 - Madhya-līlā 20.269

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 268

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 the spiritual world. As Kāraṇābdhiśāyī Viṣṇu, He is the original cause of the material creation.

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