202 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
‘ahiga’-sabde arhsa kahe sastra-paramana
angera avayava ‘upahga’-vyakhyana
SYNONYMS
afiga-Sabde—by the word afga, or limb; amsa—part; Rahe—says; Sastra—of the
scriptures; paramana—the evidence; afgera—of the limb; avayava—the constituent
Part; upafga-vyakhyana—the exposition of the word updnga.
TRANSLATION
According to the evidence of the revealed scriptures, a bodily limb [anga] is also
called a part [amsa] , and a part of a limb is called a partial part [upanga] .
TEXT 69
aratates a fe A€crfeati-
abate iacarearey |
ATATATUR HS TAR SAT T-
Sooty ABIL | GAT HTT 1 vr bi
narayanas tvarh na hi sarva-dehinam
atmasy adhisakhila-loka-saksi
narayano ‘nga nara-bhu-jalayanat
tac capi satyam na tavaiva maya
SYNONYMS
narayanah— Lord Narayana; tvam—Y ou ;na—not;hi—certainly; sarva—all; dehindm
—of the embodied beings;atmd—the Supersoul; asi— You are; adhisa—O Lord; akhila-
loka—of all the worlds; sdksi—the witness; ndrdyanah—known as Narayana; afigam—
plenary portion; nara—of Nara; bha—born; jala—in the water;ayandt—due to the
place of refuge; tat—that; cao—and; gpi—certainly; satyam—highest truth; na—not;
tava— Your; eva—at all; maya-the illusory energy.
TRANSLATION
“O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are indeed everyone’s
dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my father, Narayana? ‘Narayana’ refers to
one whose abode is in the water born from Nara [Garbhodaka§ayi Visnu] , and that
Narayana is Your plenary portion. All Your plenary portions are transcendental.
They are absolute and are not creations of maya.”
PURPORT
This text was spoken to Lord Krsna by Brahma in the Srimad-Bhagavatam
(10.14.14).
