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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 5.56",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 5.56",
  "label":"Text 56",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 5.56",
  "description":"He is known as the first puruṣa, the creator of the total material energy. He, the cause of the universes, the first incarnation, casts His glance over māyā."

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Cc. Ādi 5.56

Text

mahat-sraṣṭā puruṣa, tiṅho jagat-kāraṇa
ādya-avatāra kare māyāya īkṣaṇa

Synonyms

mahat-sraṣṭā—the creator of the total material energy; puruṣa—the person; tiṅho—He; jagat-kāraṇa—the cause of the material cosmic manifestation; ādya—original; avatāra—incarnation; kare—does; māyāya—over the material energy; īkṣaṇa—glance.

Translation

He is known as the first puruṣa, the creator of the total material energy. He, the cause of the universes, the first incarnation, casts His glance over māyā.