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| Adi-lila | Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityananda Balarama |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 5.13
purnaisvarye sri-catur-vyuha-madhye
rupam yasyodbhati sankarshanakhyam
tam sri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
SYNONYMS
maya-atite -- beyond the material creation; vyapi -- all-expanding; vaikuntha-loke -- in Vaikunthaloka, the spiritual world; purna-aisvarye -- endowed with full opulence; sri-catuh-vyuha-madhye -- in the quadruple expansions (Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha); rupam -- form; yasya -- whose; udbhati -- appears; sankarshana-akhyam -- known as Sankarshana; tam -- to Him; sri-nityananda-ramam -- to Lord Balarama in the form of Lord Nityananda; prapadye -- I surrender.
TRANSLATION
I surrender unto the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda Rama, who is known as Sankarshana in the midst of the catur-vyuha [consisting of Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha]. He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikunthaloka, far beyond the material creation.
PURPORT
This is a verse from Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami's diary. It appears as the eighth of the first fourteen verses of Sri Caitanya-caritamrita.
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