—json {
"name":"Cc. Ādi 5.63", "h1":"Cc. Ādi 5.63", "label":"Text 63", "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 5.63", "description":"Just as the original cause of an earthen pot is the potter, so the creator of the material world is the first puruṣa incarnation [Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu]."
} —
ghaṭera nimitta-hetu yaiche kumbhakāra
taiche jagatera kartā—puruṣāvatāra
ghaṭera—of the earthen pot; nimitta-hetu—original cause; yaiche—just as; kumbhakāra—the potter; taiche—similarly; jagatera kartā—the creator of the material world; puruṣa-avatāra—the puruṣa incarnation, or Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu.
Just as the original cause of an earthen pot is the potter, so the creator of the material world is the first puruṣa incarnation [Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu].