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The Lord Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī i
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ādyo ʼvatāraḥ puruṣaḥ parasya 
    kālaḥ svabhāvaḥ sad-asan-manaś ca 
    dravyaṁ vikāro guṇa indriyāṇi 
    virāṭ svarāṭ sthāsnu cariṣṇu bhūmnaḥ
SYNONYMS
ādyaḥ avatāraḥ —the original incarnation;  puruṣaḥ —the Lord;  parasya —of the Supreme;  kālaḥ —time;  svabhāvaḥ —nature;  sat-asat —cause and effect;  manaḥ ca —as well as the mind;  dravyam —the five elements;  vikāraḥ —transformation or the false ego;  guṇaḥ —modes of nature;  indriyāṇi —senses;  virāṭ —the universal form;  svarāṭ —complete independence;  sthāsnu —immovable;  cariṣṇu —movable;  bhūmnaḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“Kāraṇābdhiśāyī Viṣṇu [Mahā-Viṣṇu] is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, elements, material ego, modes of nature, senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (2.6.42). For an explanation, refer to  Ādi-līlā , Chapter Five, verse 83.
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সেই পুরুষ বিরজাতে করেন শয়ন । ‘কারণাব্ধিশায়ী’ নাম জগৎকারণ ॥ ২৬৮ ॥
sei purușa virajăte karena śayana 
 ‘kāraṇābdhiśāyī’ nāma jagat-kāraṇa
SYNONYMS
sei purușa —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  virajāte —on the border known as Virajā;  karena śayana —lies down;  kāraṇa-abdhi-śāyī —Kāraṇābdhiśāyī;  nāma —named;  jagat-kāraṇa —is the original cause of material creation.
TRANSLATION
“That original Personality of Godhead, named Saṅkarṣaṇa, first lies down in the River Virajā, which serves as a border between the material and spiritual