Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 5.112

sakala jivera tinho haye antaryami

jagat-palaka tinho jagatera svami

SYNONYMS

sakala -- all; jivera -- of the living entities; tinho -- He; haye -- is; antah-yami -- the Supersoul; jagat-palaka -- the maintainer of the material world; tinho -- He; jagatera svami -- the Lord of the material world.

TRANSLATION

He is the Supersoul of all living entities. He maintains this material world, and He is its Lord.

PURPORT

The Laghu-bhagavatamrita (Purva 2.36-42) gives the following description of the Vishnuloka within this universe, quoted from the Vishnu-dharmottara: "Above Rudraloka, the planet of Lord Siva, is the planet called Vishnuloka, 400,000 miles in circumference, which is inaccessible to any mortal living being. Above that Vishnuloka and east of the Sumeru Hill is a golden island called Maha-Vishnuloka, in the ocean of salt water. Lord Brahma and other demigods sometimes go there to meet Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu lies there with the goddess of fortune, and it is said that during the four months of the rainy season He enjoys sleeping on that Sesha Naga bed. East of Sumeru is the ocean of milk, in which there is a white city on a white island where the Lord can be seen sitting with His consort, Lakshmiji, on a throne of Sesha. That feature of Vishnu also enjoys sleeping during the four months of the rainy season. The Svetadvipa in the milk ocean is situated just south of the ocean of salt water. It is calculated that the area of Svetadvipa is 200,000 square miles. This transcendentally beautiful island is decorated with desire trees to please Lord Vishnu and His consort." There are references to Svetadvipa in the Brahmanda Purana, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata and Padma Purana, and there is the following reference in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.15.18).

svetadvipa-patau cittam suddhe dharma-maye mayi

dharayan chvetatam yati shad-urmi-rahito narah

"My dear Uddhava, you may know that My transcendental form of Vishnu in Svetadvipa is identical with Me in divinity. Anyone who places this Lord of Svetadvipa within his heart can surpass the pangs of the six material tribulations: hunger, thirst, birth, death, lamentation and illusion. Thus one can attain his original, transcendental form."

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