Ādi-līlāChapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 5.109

yasyāḿśāḿśāḿśaḥ parātmākhilānāḿ

poṣṭā viṣṇur bhāti dugdhābdhi-śāyī

kṣauṇī-bhartā yat-kalā so 'py anantas

taḿ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaḿ prapadye

SYNONYMS

yasya — whose; aḿśa-aḿśa-aḿśaḥa portion of a portion of a plenary portion; para-ātmā — the Supersoul; akhilānām — of all living entities; poṣṭā — the maintainer; viṣṇuḥViṣṇu; bhāti — appears; dugdha-abdhi-śāyī — Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; kṣauṇī-bhartā — upholder of the earth; yat — whose; kalā — portion of a portion; saḥHe; api — certainly; anantaḥŚeṣa Nāga; tamto Him; śrī-nityānanda-rāmamto Lord Balarāma in the form of Lord Nityānanda; prapadyeI surrender.

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose secondary part is the Viṣṇu lying in the ocean of milk. That Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the Supersoul of all living entities and the maintainer of all the universes. Śeṣa Nāga is His further subpart.

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