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Sri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 20]
SYNONYMS
yadyapi —although;  asṛjya —there is no question of creation;  nitya —eternal;  cit-śakti-vilāsa —pastimes of the eternal spiritual energy;  tathāpi —still;  saṅkarṣaṇa-icchāya —by the will of Saṅkarṣaṇa;  tāhāra —of the spiritual world;  prakāśa —manifestation.
TRANSLATION
“Although there is no question of creation as far as the spiritual world is concerned, the spiritual world is nonetheless manifest by the supreme will of Saṅkarṣaṇa. The spiritual world is the abode of the pastimes of the eternal spiritual energy.
TEXT 258
সহস্রপত্রং কমলং গোকুলাখ্যং মহঃপদম্ । 
    তৎকণ্ডিকারং তদ্ধাম তদনন্তাংশসম্ভবম্ ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
sahasra-patraṁ kamalaṁ gokulākhyaṁ mahat-padam tat-karṇikāraṁ tad-dhāma tad anantārṅśa-sambhavam
SYNONYMS
sahasra-patram —with thousands of petals;  kamalam —resembling a lotus flower;  gokula-ākhyam —named Gokula;  mahat-padam —the supreme abode;  tat-karṇikāram —the whorl of that lotus flower;  tat-dhāma —the abode of the Lord;  tat —that;  ananta-aṁśa —from the expansion of energy of Ananta;  sambhavam —creation.
TRANSLATION
“‘Gokula, the supreme abode and planet, appears like a lotus flower that has a thousand petals. The whorl of that lotus is the abode of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. This lotus-shaped supreme abode is created by the will of Lord Ananta.’
PURPORT
This verse is quoted from  Brahma-samhitā  (5.2).
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মায়া-দ্বারে    স্বজে    তেঁ হো       ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের    গণ । 
 জড়ক্নপা      প্রকৃতি      নহে      ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-কারণ      ॥ ২৫৯      ॥