yasyÄmÅ›ÄmÅ›aḥ Å›rÄ«la-garbhoda-Å›ÄyÄ«
yan-nÄbhy-abjaá¹ loka-saá¹…ghÄta-nÄlam
loka-sraá¹£á¹uḥ sÅ«tikÄ-dhÄma dhÄtus
taá¹ Å›rÄ«-nityÄnanda-rÄmaá¹ prapadye
yasya - whose; amÅ›a-amÅ›aḥ - portion of a plenary portion; Å›rÄ«la-garbha-uda-Å›ÄyÄ« - GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu; yat - of whom; nÄbhi-abjam - the navel lotus; loka-saá¹…ghÄta - of the multitude of planets; nÄlam - having a stem that is the resting place; loka-sraá¹£á¹uḥ - of Lord BrahmÄ, creator of the planets; sÅ«tikÄ-dhÄma - the birthplace; dhÄtuḥ - of the creator; tam - to Him; Å›rÄ«-nityÄnanda-rÄmam - to Lord BalarÄma in the form of Lord NityÄnanda; prapadye - I surrender.
I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of ÅšrÄ« NityÄnanda RÄma, a partial part of whom is GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu. From the navel of GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu sprouts the lotus that is the birthplace of BrahmÄ, the engineer of the universe. The stem of that lotus is the resting place of the multitude of planets.
In the MahÄbhÄrata, ÅšÄnti-parva, it is said that He who is Pradyumna is also Aniruddha. He is also the father of BrahmÄ. Thus GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu and KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu are identical plenary expansions of Pradyumna, the original Deity of BrahmÄ, who is born from the lotus flower. It is Pradyumna who gives BrahmÄ direction for cosmic management. A full description of BrahmÄ’s birth is given in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (3.8.15-16).
Describing the features of the three puruá¹£as, the Laghu-bhÄgavatÄmá¹›ta says that GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu has a four-handed form, and when He Himself enters the hollow of the universe and lies down in the ocean of milk He is known as KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, who is the Supersoul of all living entities, including the demigods. In the SÄtvata-tantra it is said that the third puruá¹£a incarnation, KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, is situated as the Supersoul in everyone’s heart. This KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu is an expansion of GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu for pastimes.
