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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- tāsv avātsīt sva-sṛṣṭāsu
- sahasraṁ parivatsarān
- tena nārāyaṇo nāma
- yad āpaḥ puruṣodbhavāḥ
tāsuin that — in that; avātsītresided — resided; svaown — own; sṛṣṭāsuin the matter of creation — in the matter of creation; sahasramone thousand — one thousand; parivatsarānyears of His measurement — years of His measurement; tenafor that reason — for that reason; nārāyaṇaḥthe Personality of Godhead named Nārāyaṇa — the Personality of Godhead named Nārāyaṇa; nāmaname — name; yatbecause — because; āpaḥwater — water; puruṣaemanated from the Supreme Person-udbhavāḥemanated from the Supreme Person — emanated from the Supreme Person.
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.