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| Madhya-līlā | Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.154
anādir ādir govindah
SYNONYMS
īśvarah — the controller; paramah — supreme; krishnah — Lord Krishna; sat — eternal existence; cit — absolute knowledge; ānanda — absolute bliss; vigrahah — whose form; anādih — without beginning; ādih — the origin; govindah — Lord Govinda; sarva-kārana-kāranam — the cause of all causes.
TRANSLATION
"'Krishna, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, for He is the prime cause of all causes.'
PURPORT
This is the first verse of the Fifth Chapter of the Brahma-samhitā.
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