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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrṭa
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 20]]
punarapi niśvāsa-saha yāya abhyantara ananta aiśvarya tāṅra, saba —māyā-pāra
SYNONYMS
gavākṣe  —from a hole at the top of a wall;  uḍiyā —floating;  yaiche —as;  reṇu —atomic particles;  āse   yāya —come and go;  puruṣa-niśvāsa-saha —with the exhaling of Mahā-Viṣṇu;  brahmāṇḍa —the universes;  bāhirāya —come outside;  punarapi —again;  niśvāsa-saha —by His inhalation;  yāya —go;  abhyantara —within;  ananta —unlimited;  aiśvarya —opulences;  tāṅra —of Him;  saba —everything;  māyā-pāra —beyond the material conception.
TRANSLATION
“These universes are understood to be floating in air as the Mahā-Viṣṇu exhales. They are like atomic particles that float in sunshine and pass through the holes of a screen. All these universes are thus created by the exhalation of Mahā-Viṣṇu, and when Mahā-Viṣṇu inhales, they return to His body. The unlimited opulences of Mahā-Viṣṇu are completely beyond material conception.
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যন্ত্রৈক-নিশ্বসিতকালগথাবলম্ব্য জীবস্তি লোমবিলজা জগদণ্ডনাথাঃ । বিষ্ণুৰ্হস্থান্ স ইহ যন্ত্র কলাবিশেষে। গোবিন্দমাদিপুরুষং তগহ্ং ভজাগি ॥ ২৮১ ॥
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam aharṁ bhajāmi
SYNONYMS
yasya —whose;  eka —one;  niśvasita —of breath;  kālam —time;  atha —thus;  avalambya —taking shelter of;  jīvanti —live;  loma-vilajāḥ —grown from the hair holes;  jagat-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ —the masters of the universes (the Brahmās);  viṣṇuḥ mahān —the Supreme Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu;  saḥ —that;  iha —here;  yasya —whose;  kalā-viśeṣaḥ —particular plenary portion or expansion;  govindam —Lord Govinda;  ādi-puruṣam —the original person;  tam —Him;  aham —I;  bhajāmi —worship.
TRANSLATION
“‘The Brahmās and other lords of the mundane worlds appear from the pores of the Mahā-Viṣṇu and remain alive for the duration of His one exhala-