Ādi-līlā, Chapter 1
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mahiṣī-vivāhe, yaiche yaiche kaila rāsa ihāke kahiye kṛṣṇera mukhya 'prakāśa'
SYNONYMS
eka-i —the same one;  vigraha —person;  yadi —if;  haya —becomes;  bahu-rūpa —many forms;  ākāre —in appearance;  ta' —certainly;  bheda —difference;  nāhi —there is not;  eka-i —one;  sva-rūpa —identity;  mahiṣī —with the queens of Dvārakā;  vivāhe —in the marriage;  yaiche yaiche —in a similar way;  kaila —He did;  rāsa-rāsa  dance;  ihāke —this;  kahiye —I say;  kṛṣṇera —of Kṛṣṇa;  mukhya —principal;  prakāśa —manifested; forms.
TRANSLATION
When the Personality of Godhead expands Himself in many forms, all nondifferent in Their features, as Lord Kṛṣṇa did when He married sixteen thousand queens and when He performed His rāsa dance, such forms of the Lord are called manifested forms.
TEXT 71
চিত্রং বতৈতদেকেন বপুষা যুগপৎ পৃথক । গৃহেষু দ্ব্যষ্টসাহস্রং স্ত্রিয় এক উদাবহং ॥ ৭১ ॥
citram bataitad ekena vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasram striya eka udāvahat
SYNONYMS
citram —wonderful;  bata —oh;  etat —this;  ekena —with one;  vapuṣā —form;  yugapat —simultaneously;  pṛthak —separately;  gṛheṣu —in the houses;  dvi-aṣṭa-sāhasram —sixteen thousand;  striyaḥ —all the queens;  ekaḥ —the one Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  udāvahat —married.
TRANSLATION
“It is astounding that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is one without a second, expanded Himself in sixteen thousand similar forms to marry sixteen thousand queens in their respective homes.”
PURPORT
This verse is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.69.2).
TEXT 72
রাসোংসবঃ সংপ্রবৃত্তো গোপীমণ্ডলমণ্ডিতঃ ।
যোগেশ্বরেণ কৃষ্ণেন তাসাং মধ্যে দ্বয়োদ্বয়োঃ ॥ ৭২ ॥