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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
controller of the universe. Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu reclines in the midst of the watery portion of the universe and generates the first living creature of the universe, Brahmā. The imaginary universal form is a partial manifestation of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
In the Vaikuṇṭha planet in every universe is an ocean of milk, and within that ocean is an island called Śvetadvīpa, where Lord Viṣṇu lives. Therefore this chapter describes two Śvetadvīpas—one in the abode of Kṛṣṇa and the other in the ocean of milk in every universe. The Śvetadvīpa in the abode of Kṛṣṇa is identical with Vṛndāvana-dhāma, which is the place where Kṛṣṇa appears Himself to display His loving pastimes. In the Śvetadvīpa within every universe is a Śeṣa form of Godhead who serves Viṣṇu by assuming the form of His umbrella, slippers, couch, pillows, garments, residence, sacred thread, throne and so on.
Lord Baladeva in Kṛṣṇaloka is Nityānanda Prabhu. Therefore Nityānanda Prabhu is the original Saṅkarṣaṇa, and Mahā-Saṅkarṣaṇa and His expansions as the  puruṣas  in the universes are plenary expansions of Nityānanda Prabhu.
In this chapter the author has described the history of his leaving home for a personal pilgrimage to Vṛndāvana and his achieving all success there. In this description it is revealed that the author's original paternal home and birthplace were in the district of Katwa, in the village of Jhāmaṭapura, which is near Naihāṭī. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja's brother invited Śrī Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa, a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda, to his home, but a priest named Guṇārṇava Miśra did not receive him well, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī's brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord Nityānanda, also took sides with the priest. Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away. This was a great disaster for the brother of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. But on that very night Lord Nityānanda Prabhu Himself graced Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī in a dream and ordered him to leave on the next day for Vṛndāvana.
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বন্দেহনস্তাত্ত্বতৈষর্ধং শ্রীনিত্যানন্দমীখরম্। যন্ত্রেচ্ছসাতৎস্বরুপমক্ষেনাপি নিরূপ্যতে ॥ ১ ॥
vande 'nantādbhutaiśvaryaṁ śrī-nityānandam īśvaram yasyecchayā tat-svarūpam ajñenāpi nirūpyate
SYNONYMS
vande —let me offer my obeisances;  ananta —unlimited;  adbhuta —and wonderful;  aiśvaryam —whose opulence;  śrī-nityānandam —unto Lord Nityānanda;  īśvaram —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  yasya —whose;  icchayā —by the will;  tat-svarūpam —His identity;  ajñena —by the ignorant;  api —even;  nirūpyate —can be ascertained.