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| Adi-lila | Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityananda Balarama |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 5.7
garbhoda-sayi ca payobdhi-sayi
seshas ca yasyamsa-kalah sa nitya-
nandakhya-ramah saranam mamastu
SYNONYMS
sankarshanah -- Maha-sankarshana in the spiritual sky; karana-toya-sayi -- Karanodakasayi Vishnu, who lies in the Causal Ocean; garbha-uda-sayi -- Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, who lies in the Garbhodaka Ocean of the universe; ca -- and; payah-abdhi-sayi -- Kshirodakasayi Vishnu, who lies in the ocean of milk; seshah -- Sesha Naga, the couch of Vishnu; ca -- and; yasya -- whose; amsa -- plenary portions; kalah -- and parts of the plenary portions; sah -- He; nityananda-akhya -- known as Lord Nityananda; ramah -- Lord Balarama; saranam -- shelter; mama -- my; astu -- let there be.
TRANSLATION
May Sri Nityananda Rama be the object of my constant remembrance. Sankarshana, Sesha Naga and the Vishnus who lie on the Karana Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions.
PURPORT
Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami has recorded this verse in his diary to offer his respectful obeisances to Lord Nityananda Prabhu. This verse also appears as the seventh of the first fourteen verses of Sri Caitanya-caritamrita.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness