372 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

controller of the universe. GarbhodakaSayi Visnu reclines in the midst of the
watery portion of the universe and generates the first living creature of the universe,
Brahma. The imaginary universal form is a partial manifestation of Garbhodakasayi
Visnu.

In the Vaikuntha planet in every universe is an ocean of milk, and within that
ocean is an island called Svetadvipa, where Lord Visnu lives. Therefore this chapter
describes two Svetadvipas—one in the abode of Krsna and the other in the ocean of
milk in every universe. The Svetadvipa in the abode of Krsna is identical with
Vrndavana-dhama, which is the place where Krsna appears Himself to display His
loving pastimes. In the Svetadvipa within every universe is a Sesa form of Godhead
who serves Visnu by assuming the form of His umbrella, slippers, couch, pillows,
garments, residence, sacred thread, throne and so on.

Lord Baladeva in Krsnaloka is Nityananda Prabhu. Therefore Nityananda Prabhu
is the original Safkarsana, and Maha-Sankarsana and His expansions as the purusas
in the universes are plenary expansions of Nityananda Prabhu.

In this chapter the author has described the history of his leaving home for a
personal pilgrimage to Vrndavana and his achieving all success there. In this descrip-
tion it is revealed that the author’s original paternal home and birthplace were in
the district of Katwa, in the village of Jhamatapura, which is near Naihati. Krsnadasa
Kaviraja’s brother invited Sri Minaketana Ramadasa, a great devotee of Lord
Nityananda, to his home, but a priest named Gunarnava Misra did not receive him
well, and Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami’s brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord
Nityananda, also took sides with the priest. Therefore Ramadasa became sorry,
broke his flute and went away. This was a great disaster for the brother of Krsnadasa
Kaviraja Gosvami. But on that very night Lord Nityananda Prabhu Himself graced
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami in a dream and ordered him to leave on the next day
for Vrndavana.

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TRAST COTke Arenas |
TOWSH Sewarracawaiat FeratieS ld |

vande ’nantadbhutaisvaryam
$ri-nityanandam isvaram

yasyecchayéd tat-svaripam
ajnenapi niripyate

SYNONYMS

vande—let me offer my obeisances; ananta—unlimited; adbhuta—and wonderful;
aifvaryam—whose opulence; sri-nityGnandam—unto Lord Nityananda; iSvaram—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; yasya— whose; icchayd—by the will; tat-svarupam
—His identity; ajrena—by the ignorant; api—even; niriipyate—can be ascertained.
