CC Adi 6.16

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Acārya

Ādi-līlā 6.14-15 - Ādi-līlā 6.17

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 16

āpane puruṣa—viśvera ‘nimitta’-kāraṇa

advaita-rūpe ‘upādāna’ hana nārāyaṇa

SYNONYMS

āpane — personally; puruṣa — Lord Viṣṇu; viśvera — of the entire material world; nimitta kāraṇa — the original cause; advaita-rūpe — in the form of Advaita; upādāna — the material cause; hana — becomes; nārāyaṇa — Lord Nārāyaṇa.

TRANSLATION

Lord Viṣṇu Himself is the efficient [nimitta] cause of the material world, and Nārāyaṇa in the form of Śrī Advaita is the material cause [upādāna].

Ādi-līlā 6.14-15 - Ādi-līlā 6.17