### CC Adi 5.56

> মহৎস্রষ্টা পুরুষ, তিঁহো জগৎ-কারণ ।\
> আদ্য-অবতার করে মায়ায় ঈক্ষণ ॥৫৬॥

> mahat-sraṣṭā puruṣa, tiṅho jagat-kāraṇa\
> ādya-avatāra kare māyāya īkṣaṇa

*mahat-sraṣṭā*—the creator of the total material energy; *puruṣa*—the person; *tiṅho*—He; *jagat-kāraṇa*—the cause of the material cosmic manifestation; *ādya*—original; *avatāra*—incarnation; *kare*—does; *māyāya*—over the material energy; *īkṣaṇa*—glance.

**He is known as the first puruṣa, the creator of the total material energy. He, the cause of the universes, the first incarnation, casts His glance over māyā.**