Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 5.71

yasyaika-nisvasita-kalam athavalambya

jivanti loma-vila-ja jagad-anda-nathah

vishnur mahan sa iha yasya kala-visesho

govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami

SYNONYMS

yasya -- whose; eka -- one; nisvasita -- of breath; kalam -- time; atha -- thus; avalambya -- taking shelter of; jivanti -- live; loma-vila-jah -- grown from the hair holes; jagat-anda-nathah -- the masters of the universes (the Brahmas); vishnuh mahan -- the Supreme Lord, Maha-Vishnu; sah -- that; iha -- here; yasya -- whose; kala-viseshah -- particular plenary portion or expansion; govindam -- Lord Govinda; adi-purusham -- the original person; tam -- Him; aham -- I; bhajami -- worship.

TRANSLATION

"The Brahmas and other lords of the mundane worlds appear from the pores of Maha-Vishnu and remain alive for the duration of His one exhalation. I adore the primeval Lord, Govinda, of whom Maha-Vishnu is a portion of a plenary portion."

PURPORT

This description of the Lord's creative energy is from the Brahma-samhita (5.48), which Lord Brahma compiled after his personal realization. When Maha-Vishnu exhales, the spiritual seeds of the universes emanate from Him in the form of molecular particles like those that are visible, three times the size of an atom, when sunlight is diffused through a small hole. In these days of atomic research it will be a worthwhile engagement for atomic scientists to learn from this statement how the entire creation develops from the spiritual atoms emanating from the body of the Lord.

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