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

tejo-vari-mrdam yatha vinimayo yatra tri-sargo ‘mrsa
dhamna svena sada nirasta-kuhakam satyam param dhimahi

SYNONYMS

janma-adi—creation, maintenance and dissolution; asya—of this (the
universe); yatah—from whom; anvayat—directly from the spiritual connection;
itaratah—indirectly from the lack of material contact; ca—also; arthesu—in all
affairs; abhijfiah—perfectly cognizant; sva-rat—independent; tene—imparted;
brahma—the Absolute Truth; hrda—through the heart; yah—who; ddi-kavaye—
unto Lord Brahma; muhyanti—are bewildered; yat—in whom; sdrayah—great
personalities like Lord Brahma and other demigods or great brahmanas; tejah-vari-
mrdam—of fire, water and earth; yatha—as; vinimayah—the exchange; yatra—in
whom, tri-sargah—the material creation of three modes; amrsd—factual;
dhamnad—with the abode; svena—His own personal; sadi—always; nirasta-
kuhakam—devoid of all illusion; satyam—the truth; param—absolute; dhimahi—
let us meditate upon.

TRANSLATION

““1 offer my obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna, son of Vasudeva, who is the
supreme all-pervading Personality of Godhead. | meditate upon Him, the
transcendent reality, who is the primeval cause of all causes, from whom all
manifested universes arise, in whom they dwell and by whom they are
destroyed. | meditate upon that eternally effulgent Lord who is directly and
indirectly conscious of all manifestations and yet is beyond them. It is He only
who first imparted Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahma, the first created
being. Through Him this world, like a mirage, appears real even to great sages
and demigods. Because of Him, the material universes, created by the three
modes of nature, appear to be factual, although they are unreal. | meditate
therefore upon Him, the Absolute Truth, who is eternally existent in His tran-
scendental abode, and who is forever free of illusion.

PURPORT
This is the opening invocation of Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.1).

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