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CC Madhya 20.268 (1975)



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