Text 19] King Citraketu Meets the Lord 99
sances; sarikarsandya—unto Lord Sankarsana; ca—also; namah—all
obeisances; vijnidna-matraya—unto the form full of knowledge;
parama-adnanda-mirtaye—full of transcendental bliss; dtma-
dramaya—unto the Lord, who is self-sufficient; santaya—and free
from disturbances; nivrtta-dvaita-drstaye—whose vision turns away
from duality, or who is one without a second.
TRANSLATION

[Narada gave Citraketu the following mantra.] O Lord, O
Supreme Personality of Godhead, who are addressed by the
omkara [pranava], I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. O
Lord Vasudeva, I meditate upon You. O Lord Pradyumna, Lord
Aniruddha and Lord Sankarsana, I offer You my respectful obei-
sances. O reservoir of spiritual potency, O supreme bliss, I offer
my respectful obeisances unto You, who are self-sufficient and
most peaceful. O ultimate truth, one without a second, You are
realized as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan and are therefore
the reservoir of all knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances
unto You.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita Krsna says that He is pranavah sarva-vedesu, the
syllable orm in the Vedic mantras. In transcendental knowledge, the Lord
is addressed as pranava, omkdra, which is a symbolic representation of
the Lord in sound. Ori namo bhagavate vasudevaya. Vasudeva, who is
an expansion of Narayana, expands Himself as Pradyumna, Aniruddha
and Sankarsana. From Sankarsana comes a second Narayana expansion,
and from this Narayana come further expansions of Vasudeva, Pra-
dyumna, Sankarsana and Aniruddha. The Sankarsana in this group is
the original cause of the three purusas, namely Karanodakasayi Visnu,
Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu. Ksirodakasayi Visnu is
situated in every universe in a special planet called Svetadvipa. This is
confirmed in the Brahma-samhita: andantara-stha. The word anda
means this universe. Within this universe is a planet called Svetadvipa,
where Ksirodakasayi Visnu is situated. From Him come all the incarna-
tions within this universe.
