# Cc. Ādi 2.53 ## Text > virāḍ hiraṇya-garbhaś ca > kāraṇaṁ cety upādhayaḥ > īśasya yat tribhir hīnaṁ > turīyaṁ tat pracakṣate ## Synonyms *virāṭ*—the *virāṭ* manifestation; *hiraṇya*-*garbhaḥ*—the *hiraṇyagarbha* manifestation; *ca*—and; *kāraṇam*—the *kāraṇa* manifestation; *ca*—and; *iti*—thus; *upādhayaḥ*—particular designations; *īśasya*—of the Lord; *yat*—that which; *tribhiḥ*—these three; *hīnam*—without; *turīyam*—the fourth; *tat*—that; *pracakṣate*—is considered. ## Translation **“ 'In the material world the Lord is designated as virāṭ, hiraṇyagarbha and kāraṇa. But beyond these three designations, the Lord is ultimately in the fourth dimension.'** ## Purport The phenomenal manifestation of the Supreme Whole, the numinous soul of everything, and the cause or causal nature are all but designations of the *puruṣas,* who are responsible for material creation. The transcendental position surpasses these designations and is therefore called the position of the fourth dimension. This is a quotation from Śrīdhara Svāmī's commentary on the Eleventh Canto, Fifteenth Chapter, verse 16, of *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.*