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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 95
ভিতরে প্রবেশি’ দেখে সব অজকার । রহিতে নাহিক স্থান করিল বিচার ॥ ৯৫ ॥
bhitare praveśi’ dekhe saba andhakāra rahite nāhika sthāna karila vicāra
SYNONYMS
bhitare —within the universe;  praveśi’ —entering;  dekhe —He sees;  saba —all;  andha-kāra —darkness;  rahite —to stay;  nāhika —there is not;  sthāna —place;  karila vicāra —considered.
TRANSLATION
Entering the universe, He found only darkness, with no place in which to reside. Thus He began to consider.
TEXT 96
নিজাল-স্বদজল করিল স্বজন । সেই জলে কৈল অর্ধ-ব্রহ্মাণ্ড ভরণ ॥ ৯৬ ॥
nijāṅga —sveda-jala  karila sṛjana sei jale kaila ardha-brahmāṇḍa bharaṇa
SYNONYMS
nija-aṅga —of His own body;  sveda-jala —water from perspiration;  karila —did;  sṛjana —creation;  sei jale —with that water;  kaila —did;  ardha-brahmāṇḍa —half of the universe;  bharaṇa —filling.
TRANSLATION
Then He created water from the perspiration of His own body and with that water filled half the universe.
TEXT 97
ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-প্রমাণ পঞ্চাশৎকোষ্টি-স্বোজন । আস্নাম, বিতার, দুই হয় এক সম ॥ ৯৭ ॥
brahmāṇḍa-pramāṇa pañcāśat-koṭi-yojana āyāma, vistāra, dui haya eka sama
SYNONYMS
brahmāṇḍa-pramāṇa —measurement of the universe;  pañcāśat —fifty;  koṭi —ten millions;  yojana —lengths of eight miles;  āyāma —length;  vistāra —breadth;  dui —both of them;  haya —are;  eka sama —one and the same.