vande 'nantadbhutaisvaryam sri-nityanandam isvaram yasyechchhaya tat-svarupam ajnenapi nirupyate (Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita: Adi-lila, 5.1) Let me offer my obeisances to the Supreme Lord Sri Nityananda Prabhu, whose opulence is wonderful and unlimited. By His divine will, even a fool can understand His identity. sankarsanah karana-toya-sayi garbhoda-sayi cha payobdhi-sayi sesas cha yasyamsa-kalah sa nitya- nandakhya-ramah saranam mamastu (Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita: Adi-lila, 1.7) Maha-Sankarsana, the predominating Deity of Vaikuntha who is the foundation of spiritual and material existence, Karanodakasayi Visnu, who presides upon the Causal Ocean of the cosmic manifestation, Garbhodakasayi Visnu, who presides over the waters of universal creation within an individual universe, Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who lies on the ocean of milk and maintains the existence of all individual souls within a single universe, and Sesa Naga, who assumes innumerable forms in order to satisfy the ...