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The Glories of Lord Nityananda Balarama

Cc Ādi 5.51
Text
vaikuṇṭha-bāhire yei jyotir-maya dhāma
tāhāra bāhire 'kāraṇārṇava' nāma
Synonyms

vaikuṇṭha-bāhire-outside the Vaikuṇṭha planets; yei-that; jyotiḥ-maya dhāma-impersonal Brahman effulgence; tāhāra bāhire-outside that effulgence; kāraṇa-arṇava nāma-an ocean called Kāraṇa.

Translation

Outside the Vaikuṇṭha planets is the impersonal Brahman effulgence, and beyond that effulgence is the Kāraṇa Ocean, or Causal Ocean.

Purport

To think of material nature as all in all, not knowing the original cause, is ignorance. Lord Caitanya appeared in order to dissipate this darkness of ignorance by igniting the spark of spiritual life that can, by His causeless mercy, enlighten the entire world.