Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 24 Verse 135

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.135

nirodho 'syānuśayanam

ātmanaḥ saha śaktibhiḥ

muktir hitvānyathā-rūpaḿ

svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ

SYNONYMS

nirodhaḥ — winding up; asya — of this; anu — after; śayanam — lying down; ātmanaḥ — of the Supreme Lord; saha — with; śaktibhiḥ — the energies (marginal and external); muktiḥ — liberation; hitvā — giving up; anyathā — other; rūpam — form; svarūpeṇa — with one's own eternal form; vyavasthitiḥ — staying.

TRANSLATION

"'The living entities and other potencies merge into Mahā-Viṣṇu as the Lord lies down and winds up [destroys] the cosmic manifestation. Liberation means being situated in one's eternal, original form after giving up the changeable gross and subtle bodies.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.10.6).

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