CC Adi 6.16 (1996)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- āpane puruṣa—viśvera ‘nimitta’-kāraṇa
- advaita-rūpe ‘upādāna’ hana nārāyaṇa
SYNONYMS
āpane — personally; puruṣa — Lord Viṣṇu; viśvera — of the entire material world; nimitta kāraṇa — the original cause; advaita-rūpe — in the form of Advaita; upādāna — the material cause; hana — becomes; nārāyaṇa — Lord Nārāyaṇa.
TRANSLATION
Lord Viṣṇu Himself is the efficient [nimitta] cause of the material world, and Nārāyaṇa in the form of Śrī Advaita is the material cause [upādāna].