# Cc. Ādi 5.56
## Text
> mahat-sraṣṭā puruṣa, tiṅho jagat-kāraṇa
> ādya-avatāra kare māyāya īkṣaṇa
## Synonyms
*mahat*-*sraṣṭā*—the creator of the total material energy; *puruṣa*—the person; *tiṅho*—He; *jagat*-*kāraṇa*—the cause of the material cosmic manifestation; *ādya*—original; *avatāra*—incarnation; *kare*—does; *māyāya*—over the material energy; *īkṣaṇa*—glance.
## Translation
**He is known as the first puruṣa, the creator of the total material energy. He, the cause of the universes, the first incarnation, casts His glance over māyā.**