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isvarah paramah krsnah

sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah

anadir adir govindah

sarva-karana-karanam

SYNONYMS

isvarah—the controller; paramah—supreme; krsnah—Lord Krsna; sat—eternal existence; cit—absolute knowledge; ananda—absolute bliss; vigrahah—whose form; anadih—without beginning; adih—the origin of everything; govindah—a name of Lord Krsna; sarva—all; karana—of causes; karanam—He is the original cause " ’Krsna, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller.

He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body.

He is the origin of all.

He has no other origin, for He is the prime cause of all causes.’

PURPORT

This verse is from the Brahma-samhita (5.1).