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ghatera nimitta-hetu yaiche kumbhakara

taiche jagatera karta--purusavatara

SYNONYMS

ghatera—of the earthen pot; nimitta-hetu—original cause; yaiche—just as; kumbhakara—the potter; taiche—similarly; jagatera karta—the creator of the material world; purusa-avatara—the purusa incarnation, or Karanarnavasayi Visnu.

Just as the original cause of an earthen pot is the potter, so the creator of the material world is the first purusa incarnation (Karanarnavasayi Visnu).