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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 20.303
garbhodakaśāyi-dvārā śakti sańcāri'
vyashti srishti kare krishna brahmā-rūpa dhari'
SYNONYMS
garbha-udaka-śāyi-dvārā — by Lord Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu; śakti sańcāri' — giving him special powers; vyashti — total; srishti — creation; kare — does; krishna — Lord Krishna; brahmā-rūpa dhari' — accepting the form of Lord Brahmā.
TRANSLATION
"Such a devotee is empowered by Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu. In this way, an incarnation of Krishna in the form of Brahmā engineers the total creation of the universe.
PURPORT
The Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu purusha-avatāra expansion of Lord Vishnu accepts the material modes — sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna — and thus incarnates as Lord Vishnu, Brahmā and Śiva. These are incarnations of the material qualities. Among the many superior living entities qualified with pious activities and devotional service, one, called Lord Brahmā, is infused with the quality of passion by the supreme will of Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu. Thus Lord Brahmā becomes the incarnation of the creative energy of the Lord.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness