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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 1.8
purnaisvarye sri-catur-vyuha-madhye
rupam yasyodbhati sankarsanakhyam
tam sri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
SYNONYMS
maya-atite -- beyond the material creation; vyapi -- all-expanding; vaikuntha-loke -- in Vaikunthaloka, the spiritual world; purna-aisvarye -- endowed with full opulence; sri-catuh-vyuha-madhye -- in the quadruple expansions (Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha); rupam -- form; yasya -- whose; udbhati -- appears; sankarsana-akhyam -- known as Sankarsana; tam -- to Him; sri-nityananda-ramam -- to Lord Balarama in the form of Lord Nityananda; prapadye -- I surrender.
TRANSLATION
I surrender unto the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda Rama, who is known as Sankarsana in the midst of the catur-vyuha [consisting of Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha]. He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikunthaloka, far beyond the material creation.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness