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apane purusa--visvera ’nimitta’-karana

advaita-rupe ’upadana’ hana narayana

SYNONYMS

apane—personally; purusa—Lord Visnu; visvera—of the entire material world; nimitta karana—the original cause; advaita-rupe—in the form of Advaita; upadana—the material cause; hana—becomes; narayana—Lord Narayana.

Lord Visnu Himself is the efficient (nimitta) cause of the material world, and Narayana in the form of Sri Advaita is the material cause (upadana).