Ādi-līā, Chapter 2
121
TEXT 41
অতএব অধীশ্বর তুমি সর্ব পিতা। তোমার শক্তিতে তাঁরা জগৎ-রক্ষিতা ॥ ৪১ ॥
ataeva adhīśvara tumi sarva pitā tomāra śaktite tāṅrā jagat-rakṣitā
SYNONYMS
ataeva —therefore;  adhīśvara —primeval Lord;  tumi —You;  sarva —of all;  pitā —father;  tomāra —Your;  śaktite —by the energy;  tāṅrā —They;  jagat —of the cosmic creations;  rakṣitā —protectors.
TRANSLATION
“Therefore You are the primeval Lord, the original father of everyone. They [the puruṣas] are protectors of the universes by Your power.
TEXT 42
মারের অর্ন্ন যাতে করহ পালন। অতএব হও তুমি মূল মারারণ ॥ ৪২ ॥
nārera ayana yāte karaha pālana ataeva hao tumi mūla nārāyaṇa
SYNONYMS
nārera —of the living beings;  ayana —the shelters;  yāte —those to whom;  karaha —You give;  pālana —protection;  ataeva —therefore;  hao —are;  tumi —You;  mūla —original;  nārāyaṇa —Nārāyaṇa.
TRANSLATION
“Since You protect those who are the shelters of all living beings, You are the original Nārāyaṇa.
PURPORT
The controlling Deities of the living beings in the mundane worlds are the three  puruṣa-avatāras . But the potent energy displayed by Śrī Kṛṣṇa is far more extensive than that of the  puruṣas . Śrī Kṛṣṇa is therefore the original father and Lord who protects all creative manifestations through His various plenary portions. Since He sustains even the shelters of the collective living beings, there is no doubt that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Nārāyaṇa.