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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 25.110
sṛṣṭira pūrve ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa āmi ta' ha-iye
'prapañca', 'prakṛti', 'puruṣa' āmātei laye
SYNONYMS
sṛṣṭira pūrve — before the creation of this cosmic manifestation; ṣaṭ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa — full of six opulences; āmi — I; ta' ha-iye — indeed existed; prapañca — the total material energy; prakṛti — material nature; puruṣa — the living entities; āmātei laye — were all existing in Me.
TRANSLATION
"'Before the creation of the cosmic manifestation,' the Lord said, 'I existed, and the total material energy, material nature and the living entities all existed in Me.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness