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| Adi-lila | Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityananda Balarama |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 5.7
garbhoda-sayi ca payobdhi-sayi
sesas ca yasyamsa-kalah sa nitya-
nandakhya-ramah saranam mamastu
SYNONYMS
sankarsanah -- Maha-sankarsana in the spiritual sky; karana-toya-sayi -- Karanodakasayi Visnu, who lies in the Causal Ocean; garbha-uda-sayi -- Garbhodakasayi Visnu, who lies in the Garbhodaka Ocean of the universe; ca -- and; payah-abdhi-sayi -- Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who lies in the ocean of milk; sesah -- Sesa Naga, the couch of Visnu; 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. Sankarsana, Sesa Naga and the Visnus 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-caritamrta.
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