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CC Adi 5.54



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 54

cinmaya-jala sei parama kāraṇa
yāra eka kaṇā gaṅgā patita-pāvana


SYNONYMS

cit-maya — spiritual; jala — water; sei — that; parama kāraṇa — original cause; yāra — of which; eka — one; kaṇā — drop; gaṅgā — the sacred Ganges; patita-pāvana — the deliverer of fallen souls.


TRANSLATION

The water of the Kāraṇa Ocean, which is the original cause, is therefore spiritual. The sacred Ganges, which is but a drop of it, purifies the fallen souls.