Ādi-līlāChapter 1: The Spiritual Masters

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 1.9

māyā-bhartājāṇḍa-sańghāśrayāńgaḥ

śete sākṣāt kāraṇāmbhodhi-madhye

yasyaikāḿśaḥ śrī-pumān ādi-devas

taḿ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaḿ prapadye

SYNONYMS

māyā-bhartā — the master of the illusory energy; aja-aṇḍa-sańgha — of the multitude of universes; āśraya — the shelter; ańgaḥ — whose body; śeteHe lies; sākṣāt — directly; kāraṇa-ambhodhi-madhyein the midst of the Causal Ocean; yasya — whose; eka-aḿśaḥ — one portion; śrī-pumān — the Supreme Person; ādi-devaḥ — the original puruṣa incarnation; tamto Him; śrī-nityānanda-rāmamto Lord Balarāma in the form of Lord Nityānanda; prapadyeI surrender.

TRANSLATION

I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose partial representation called Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, lying on the Kāraṇa Ocean, is the original puruṣa, the master of the illusory energy, and the shelter of all the universes.

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