Text 268] The Lord Instructs Sandatana Gosvami 147

adyo ‘vatarah purusah parasya

kalah svabhavah sad-asan-manas ca
dravyarn vikaro guna indriyani

virat svarat sthasnu carisnu bhamnah

SYNONYMS

adyah avatarah —the original incarnation; purusah—the Lord; parasya—of the
Supreme; kalah—time; svabhavah—nature; sat-asat—cause and effect; manah
ca—as well as the mind; dravyam—the five elements; vikarah—transformation or
the false ego; gunah—modes of nature; indriyani—senses; virat—the universal
form; svarat—complete independence; sthasnu —immovable; carisnu—movable;
bhamnah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

“‘Karanabdhisayi Visnu [Maha-Visnu] 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, Garbhodakasayi Visnu, and the sum total of all living beings, both
moving and nonmoving.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.6.42). For an explanation, refer
to Adi-I7l4, Chapter Five, verse 83.

TEXT 268

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sei purusa virajate karena sayana
‘karanabdhisayi’ nama jagat-karana

SYNONYMS

sei purusa—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; virajdte—on the border
known as Viraja; karena Sayana—lies down; karana-abdhi-sayi—Karanabdhisayi;
naéma—named,; jagat-karana—is the original cause of material creation.

TRANSLATION

“That original Personality of Godhead, named Sankarsana, first lies down in
the River Viraja, which serves as a border between the material and spiritual
