SB 2.10.11

TEXT 11

TEXT

तास्ववात्सीत्स्वसृष्टासु सहस्रं परिवत्सरान् ।
तेन नारायणो नाम यदापः पुरुषोद्भवाः ॥ ११ ॥

tasv avatsit sva-srstasu

sahasram parivatsaran

tena narayano nama

yad apah purusodbhavah

tasu-in that; avatsit-resided; sva-own; srstasu-in the matter of creation; sahasram-one thousand; parivatsaran-years of His measurement; tena-for that reason; narayanah-the Personality of Godhead named Narayana; nama-name; yat-because; apah-water; purusa-udbhavah-emanated from the Supreme Person.

TRANSLATION

That Supreme Person is not impersonal and therefore is distinctively a nara, or person. Therefore the transcendental water created from the Supreme Nara is known as nara. And because He lies down on that water, He is known as Narayana.

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