CC Madhya 25.113

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 113

aham evāsam evāgre

nānyad yat sad-asat-param

paścād ahaṁ yad etac ca

yo 'vaśiṣyeta so ‘smy aham

SYNONYMS

aham — I, the Personality of Godhead; eva — certainly; āsam — existed; eva — only; agre — before the creation; na — never; anyat — anything else; yat — which; sat — the effect; asat — the cause; param — the supreme; paścāt — after; aham — I, the Personality of Godhead; yat — which; etat — this creation; ca — also; yaḥ — who; avaśiṣyeta — remains; saḥ — 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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.9.33). It is the first verse of the catuḥ-ślokī. For an explanation see Adi-līlā, Chapter One, text 53.

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