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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 7.7
svayam bhagavān krishna ekale īśvara
advitīya, nandātmaja, rasika-śekhara
SYNONYMS
svayam — Himself; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krishna — Lord Krishna; ekale — the only one; īśvara — the supreme controller; advitīya — without a second; nanda-ātmaja — appeared as the son of Mahārāja Nanda; rasika — enjoyer of mellows; śekhara — summit.
TRANSLATION
Krishna, the reservoir of all pleasure, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, the supreme controller. No one is greater than or equal to Śrī Krishna, yet He appears as the son of Mahārāja Nanda.
PURPORT
In this verse Kavirāja Gosvāmī gives an accurate description of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by stating that although no one is equal to or greater than Him and He is the reservoir of all spiritual pleasure, He nevertheless appears as the son of Mahārāja Nanda and Yaśodāmayī.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness