Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu

yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhodaśāyī

yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhodaśāyī
yan-nābhy-abjaṁ loka-saṅghāta-nālam |
loka-sraṣṭuḥ sūtikā-dhāma dhātus
taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.10)

“I take shelter in him, Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, the part of whose part is Śrīla Garbhodaśāyī, the lotus of whose navel is the birthplace of Brahmā, the creator of the lokas, and the stalk of which constitutes these lokas.”

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saṅkarṣaṇaḥ kāraṇa-toyaśāyī

saṅkarṣaṇaḥ kāraṇa-toyaśāyī
garbhodaśāyī ca payobdhiśāyī |
śeṣaś cha yasyāṁśa-kalāḥ sa nityā-
nandākhya-rāmaḥ śaraṇaṁ mamāstu ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.7)

“May Rāma [i.e., Balarāma], who is known as Nityānanda, and whose parts (aṁśas) and sub-part (kalā) are Saṅkarṣaṇa, Kāraṇatoyaśāyī, Garbhodaśāyī, Payobdhiśāyī, and [Ananta] Śeṣa, be my shelter.”

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