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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.268
sei purusha virajāte karena śayana
'kāranābdhiśāyī' nāma jagat-kārana
SYNONYMS
sei purusha — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; virajāte — on the border known as Virajā; karena śayana — lies down; kārana-abdhi-śāyī — Kāranābdhiśāyī; nāma — named; jagat-kārana — is the original cause of material creation.
TRANSLATION
"That original Personality of Godhead, named Sańkarshana, first lies down in the river Virajā, which serves as a border between the material and the spiritual world. As Kāranābdhiśāyī Vishnu, He is the original cause of the material creation.
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