CC Madhya 24.135 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 135
- nirodho 'syānu śayanam
- 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 in the Mahā-Viṣṇu as the Lord lies down and winds up [destroys] the cosmic manifestation. Liberation means being situated in one's eternal original form, which he attains after giving up the changeable gross and subtle bodies.'
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.10.6).