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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 113

aham evāsam evāgre
nānyad yat sad-asat-param
paścād ahaṁ yad etac ca
yo ‘vaśiṣyeta so ‘smy aham

SYNONYMS

aham—I, the Personality of Godhead; eva—certainly; āsam—existed; eva—only; agre—before the creation; na—never; anyat—anything else; yat—which; sat—the effect; asat—the cause; param—the supreme; paścāt—after; aham—I, the Personality of Godhead; yat—which; etat—this creation; ca—also; yaḥ—who; avaśiṣyeta—remains; saḥ—that; asmi—am; aham—I, the Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

“‘Prior to the cosmic manifestation, only I exist, and no phenomena exist, either gross, subtle or primordial. After creation, only I exist in everything, and after annihilation, only I remain eternally.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 2.9.33). It is the first verse of the catuḥ-ślokī. For an explanation see Adi-līlā, Chapter One, text 53.