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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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तास्ववात्सीत्स्वसृष्टासु सहस्रं परिवत्सरान् तेन नारायणो नाम यदापः पुरुषोद्भवाः
tāsv avātsīt sva-sṛṣṭāsu sahasraṁ parivatsarān tena nārāyaṇo nāma yad āpaḥ puruṣodbhavāḥ
WORD BY WORD
tāsu in that; avātsīt resided; sva own; sṛṣṭāsu in the matter of creation; sahasram one thousand; parivatsarān years of His measurement; tena for that reason; nārāyaṇaḥ the Personality of Godhead named Nārāyaṇa; nāma name; yat because; āpaḥ water; puruṣa-udbhavāḥ emanated from the Supreme Person;
TRANSLATION
| That Supreme Person is not impersonal and therefore is distinctively a nara, or person. Therefore the transcendental water created from the Supreme Nara is known as nāra. And because He lies down on that water, He is known as Nārāyaṇa.
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PURPORT
| This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.
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