Madhya 25.113

TEXT 113

TEXT

অহমেবাসমেবাগ্রে নান্যদ্‌যৎ সদসৎপরম্ ।
পশ্চাদহং যদেতচ্চ যোঽবশিষ্যেত সোঽস্ম্যহম্ ॥ ১১৩ ॥

aham evasam evagre

nanyad yat sad-asat-param

pascad aham yad etac ca

yo 'vasisyeta so 'smy aham

SYNONYMS

aham-I, the Personality of Godhead; eva-certainly; asam-existed; eva-only; agre-before the creation; na-never; anyat-anything else; yat-which; sat-the effect; asat-the cause; param-the supreme; pascat-after; aham-I, the Personality of Godhead; yat-which; etat-this creation; ca-also; yah-who; avasisyeta-remains; sah-that; asmi-am; aham-I, the Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

" 'Prior to the cosmic manifestation, only I exist, and no phenomena exist, either gross, subtle or primordial. After creation, only I exist in everything, and after annihilation, only I remain eternally.

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.9.33). It is the first verse of the catuh-sloki. For an explanation see Adi-lila, Chapter One, text 53.

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