358 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 25

TRANSLATION

“ ‘Prior to the cosmic manifestation, only | exist, and no phenomena exist,
either gross, subtle or primordial. After creation, only | exist in everything,
and after annihilation, only | remain eternally.

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.9.33). It is the first verse of the
catuh-sloki. For an explanation see Adi-lila, Chapter One, text 53.

TEXT 114

“SQTaa”-cATS ‘wR - feaaa |
Weed Aifaais-fafea fauta 998 0

“aham eva’’-sloke ‘aham’—tina-bara
purnaisvarya sri-vigraha-sthitira nirdhdra

SYNONYMS

aham eva—| only; sloke—in this verse; aham—the word aham; tina-bara—
three times; pdrna-aisvarya—full of all opulences; sri-vigraha—of the transcen-
dental form of the Lord; sthitira—of the existence; nirdhdra—confirmation.

TRANSLATION

“In the verse beginning ‘‘aham eva,’’ the word ‘‘aham”’ is expressed three
times. In the beginning there are the words ‘“‘aham eva.”’ In the second line
there are the words “‘pascad aham.” At the end are the words “so ‘smy aham.””
This ‘‘aham”’ indicates the Supreme Person. By the repetition of ‘‘aham,” the
transcendental personality who is complete with six opulences is confirmed.

TEXT 115
A faae’ atfe aca, ‘faareia’ aca |
wita feasfaaica sfacn fadtace i ssn

ye ‘vigraha’ nahi mane, ‘nirakara’ mane
tare tiraskaribare karila nirdharane

SYNONYMS

ye—one who; vigraha—that Personality of Godhead; nahi mane—does not ac-
cept; nirakéra maéne—considers impersonal; tare—him; tiraskaribare—just to
chastise; karila—has done; nirdharane —ascertainment.
