Adi-lilaChapter 1: The Spiritual Masters

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 1.9

maya-bhartajanda-sanghasrayangah

sete saksat karanambhodhi-madhye

yasyaikamsah sri-puman adi-devas

tam sri-nityananda-ramam prapadye

SYNONYMS

maya-bharta -- the master of the illusory energy; aja-anda-sangha -- of the multitude of universes; asraya -- the shelter; angah -- whose body; sete -- He lies; saksat -- directly; karana-ambhodhi-madhye -- in the midst of the Causal Ocean; yasya -- whose; eka-amsah -- one portion; sri-puman -- the Supreme Person; adi-devah -- the original purusa incarnation; tam -- to Him; sri-nityananda-ramam -- to Lord Balarama in the form of Lord Nityananda; prapadye -- I surrender.

TRANSLATION

I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Sri Nityananda Rama, whose partial representation called Karanodakasayi Visnu, lying on the Karana Ocean, is the original purusa, the master of the illusory energy, and the shelter of all the universes.

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