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adyo ’vatarah purusah parasya

kalah svabhavah sad-asan-manas ca

dravyam vikaro guna indriyani

virat svarat sthasnu carisnu bhumnah

SYNONYMS

adyah avatarah—the original incarnation; purusah—the Lord; parasya—of the Supreme; kalah—time; svabhavah—nature; sat-asat—cause and effect; manah ca—as well as the mind; dravyam—the five elements; vikarah—transformation or the false ego; gunah—modes of nature; indriyani—senses; virat—the universal form; svarat—complete independence; sthasnu—immovable; carisnu—movable; bhumnah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead " ’Karanabdhisayi Visnu (Maha-Visnu) is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, elements, material ego, modes of nature, senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakasayi Visnu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.6.42).

For an explanation, refer to Adi-lila, Chapter Five, verse 83.