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The Glories of Sri Advaita Acarya

Cc Ādi 6.16
Text
āpane puruṣa--viśvera 'nimitta'-kāraṇa
advaita-rūpe 'upādāna' hana nārāyaṇa
Synonyms

āpane-personally; puruṣa-Lord Viṣṇu; viśvera-of the entire material world; nimitta kāraṇa-the original cause; advaita-rūpe-in the form of Advaita; upādāna-the material cause; hana-becomes; nārāyaṇa-Lord Nārāyaṇa.

Translation

Lord Viṣṇu Himself is the efficient [nimitta] cause of the material world, and Nārāyaṇa in the form of Śrī Advaita is the material cause [upādāna].