418 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

jiva’-nadma tatasthakhya eka Sakti haya
mahd-sankarsana—saba jivera dsraya
SYNONYMS

jiva—the living entity; n@ma—named; tata-stha-akhya—known as the marginal
potency; eka—one; Sakti—energy; haya—is; mahd-sahkarsana—of the name Maha-
Sankarsana; saba—all; jivera—of living entities; asraya—the shelter.

TRANSLATION

There is one marginal potency, known as the jiva. Maha-Sankarsana is the shelter
of all jivas.
TEXT 46

Trel care factierife, taics efera |
CHa erat meh wares Sy ti

yanha haite visvotpatti, yGnhdate pralaya
sei purusera sahikarsana samdsraya

SYNONYMS
yanhaé haite—from whom; visva-utpatti—the creation of the material cosmic
manifestation; yanhate—in whom; pralaya—merging; sei purusera—of that Supreme
Personality of Godhead; sankarsana—of the name Sankarsana; samdsraya—the

original shelter.
TRANSLATION

Sankarsana is the original shelter of the purusa, from whom this world is created
and in whom it is dissolved.

TEXT 47

Wefata, ATG,S, AF BN |

‘wae’ Seow vicar afer Aety sat
sarvasraya, sarvaddbhuta, aisvarya apara
‘ananta’ kahite ndre mahimd yanhara

SYNONYMS

sarva-dsraya—the shelterof everything; sarva-adbhuta—wonderful in every respect;
aisvarya—opulences; apdra—unfathomed; ananta—Ananta Sesa; kahite ndre—cannot
speak; mahimd yanhdara—the glories of whom.

TRANSLATION

He [Safkarsana] is the shelter of everything. He is wonderful in every respect,
and His opulences are infinite. Even Ananta cannot describe His glory.
