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CC Madhya 21.39

Bengali

মহাবিষ্ণু, পদ্মনাভ, ক্ষীরোদকস্বামী ।
এই তিন — স্থূল-সূক্ষ্ম-সর্ব-অন্তর্যামী ॥ ৩৯ ॥

Text

mahā-viṣṇu, padmanābha, kṣīrodaka-svāmī
ei tina — sthūla-sūkṣma-sarva-antaryāmī

Synonyms

mahā-viṣṇu — Mahā-Viṣṇu; padmanābha — Padmanābha (Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu); kṣīra-udaka-svāmī — Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; ei tina — all these three; sthūla-sūkṣma — gross and subtle; sarva — of all; antaryāmī — the Supersoul.

Translation

“Mahā-Viṣṇu, Padmanābha and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu are the Supersouls of all subtle and gross existences.

Purport

Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu is known as Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the Supersoul of everything. Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, from whose lotus navel Brahmā was created, is also called Hiraṇyagarbha and is the total Supersoul and the subtle Supersoul. Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the universal form and the gross Supersoul.