Adi-lila, Chapter 1 71
TRANSLATION
Examples of such vilasa-vigrahas are Baladeva, Narayana in Vaikunthadhama, and
the catur-vyUha—Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
TEXTS 79-80
orca =fe oa 6-feq oteta |
OE HAI, Ae ASA SA WD Nt
SCH CHAM CT ASICS Shear |
MH WTS WA SIRNA ve Ul
isvarera Sakti haya e-tina prakara
eka laksmi-gana, pure mahisi-gana ara
vraje gopi-gana ara sabhate pradhana
vrajendra-nandana yda’te svayarm bhagavan
SYNONYMS
isvarera—of the Supreme Lord; sakti—energy; haya—is; e-tina—these three;
prakadra—kinds; eka—one; /aksmi-gana—the goddesses of fortune in Vaikuntha;
pure—in Dvaraka; mahisi-gana—the queens; ara—and; vraje—in Vrndavana; gopi-
gagia—the gopis; Gra—and; sabhate—amongst all of them; pradhdna—the chief;
vrajendra-nandana—Kysna, the son of the King of Vraja; ya’te—because; svayam—
Himself; bhagavan—the primeval Lord.
TRANSLATION
The energies [consorts] of the Supreme Lord are of three kinds: the Laksmis in
Vaikuntha, the queens in Dvaraka, and the gopis in Vrndavana. The gopis are the
best of all, for they have the privilege of serving Sri Krsna, the primeval Lord, the
son of the King of Vraja.
TEXT 81
WHA SLVWA BAIS — Sta AT |
SS ARCS EN Stata ataae vs 1
svayam-riipa krsnera kdya-vyuha——tanra sama
bhakta sahite haya tanhara avarana
SYNONYMS
svayam-rupa—His own original form (two-handed Kysna); k&rsnera—of Lord Kysna;
kaya-vyiha—personal expansions; tafra—with Him; sama—equal; bhakta—the devo-
tees; sahite—associated with; haya—are; tanhara—His; dvarana—covering.
