TEXT 267
adyo 'vatarah purusah parasya
kalah svabhavah sad-asan-manas ca
dravyam vikaro guna indriyani
virat svarat sthasnu carisnu bhumnah
SYNONYMS
adyah avatarahthe original incarnation; purusahthe Lord; parasyaof the Supreme; kalahtime; svabhavahnature; sat-asatcause and effect; manah caas well as the mind; dravyamthe five elements; vikarahtransformation or the false ego; gunahmodes of nature; indriyanisenses; viratthe universal form; svaratcomplete independence; sthasnuimmovable; carisnumovable; bhumnahof the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
" '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.

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