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CC Madhya 20.281

যস্যৈক-নিশ্বসিতকালমথাবলম্ব্য
জীবন্তি লোমবিলজা জগদণ্ডনাথাঃ ।
বিষ্ণুর্মহান্ স ইহ যস্য কলাবিশেষো
গোবিন্দমাদিপুরুষং তমহং ভজামি ॥ ২৮১ ॥
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya
jīvanti loma-vila-jā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ
viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

Synonyms

yasyawhose; ekaone; niśvasitaof breath; kālamtime; athathus; avalambyataking shelter of; jīvantilive; loma-vila-jāḥgrown from the hair holes; jagat-aṇḍa-nāthāḥthe masters of the universes (the Brahmās); viṣṇuḥ mahānthe Supreme Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu; saḥthat; ihahere; yasyawhose; kalā-viśeṣaḥparticular plenary portion or expansion; govindamLord Govinda; ādi-puruṣamthe original person; tamHim; ahamI; bhajāmiworship.

Translation

“ ‘The Brahmās and other lords of the mundane worlds appear from the pores of Mahā-Viṣṇu and remain alive for the duration of His one exhalation. I adore the primeval Lord, Govinda, of whom Mahā-Viṣṇu is a portion of a plenary portion.’

Purport

This is a quotation from the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.48). For an explanation, refer to Ādi-līlā, chapter five, verse 71.