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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 20.256
ahańkārera adhiṣṭhātā kṛṣṇera icchāya
goloka, vaikuṇṭha sṛje cic-chakti-dvārāya
SYNONYMS
ahańkārera — of egotism; adhiṣṭhātā — the source or predominating Deity; kṛṣṇera — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; icchāya — by the will; goloka — the supreme spiritual planet, known as Goloka; vaikuṇṭha — other, lower planets, known as Vaikuṇṭhas; sṛje — creates; cit-śakti-dvārāya — by the spiritual energy.
TRANSLATION
"That original Sańkarṣaṇa [Lord Balarāma] is the cause of both the material and the spiritual creation. He is the predominating deity of egotism, and by the will of Kṛṣṇa and the power of the spiritual energy, He creates the spiritual world, which consists of the planet Goloka Vṛndāvana and the Vaikuṇṭha planets.
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness