CC Madhya 20.268 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.