māyā-bhartājāṇḍa-saṅghāśrayāṅgaḥ
śete sākṣāt kāraṇāmbhodhi-madhye
yasyaikāmśaḥ śrī-pumān ādi-devas
taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye

 māyā-bhartā - the master of the illusory energy; aja-aṇḍa-saṅgha - of the multitude of universes; āśraya - the shelter; aṅgaḥ - whose body; śete - He lies; sākṣāt - directly; kāraṇa-ambhodhi-madhye - in the midst of the Causal Ocean; yasya - whose; eka-amśaḥ - one portion; śrī-pumān - the Supreme Person; ādi-devaḥ - the original puruṣa incarnation; tam - to Him; śrī-nityānanda-rāmam - to Lord Balarāma in the form of Lord Nityānanda; prapadye - I surrender.


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I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose partial representation called Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, lying on the Kāraṇa Ocean, is the original puruṣa, the master of the illusory energy, and the shelter of all the universes.

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