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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 1.9
māyā-bhartājānda-sańghāśrayāńgah
śete sākshāt kāranāmbhodhi-madhye
yasyaikāmśah śrī-pumān ādi-devas
tam śrī-nityānanda-rāmam prapadye
SYNONYMS
māyā-bhartā — the master of the illusory energy; aja-anda-sańgha — of the multitude of universes; āśraya — the shelter; ańgah — whose body; śete — He lies; sākshāt — directly; kārana-ambhodhi-madhye — in the midst of the Causal Ocean; yasya — whose; eka-amśah — one portion; śrī-pumān — the Supreme Person; ādi-devah — the original purusha incarnation; tam — to Him; śrī-nityānanda-rāmam — to Lord Balarāma in the form of Lord Nityānanda; prapadye — I surrender.
TRANSLATION
I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose partial representation called Kāranodakaśāyī Vishnu, lying on the Kārana Ocean, is the original purusha, the master of the illusory energy, and the shelter of all the universes.
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