Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 20

citram bataitad ekena
vapusa yugapat prthak

grhesu dvy-asta-sahasram
striya eka udavahat

SYNONYMS

citram—wonderful; bata—oh; etat—this; ekena—with one; vapusa—form;
yugapat—simultaneously; prthak—separately; grhesu—in the houses; dvi-asta-
sdhasram—sixteen thousand; striyah—all the queens; ekah—the one Sri Krsna;
udavahat —married.

TRANSLATION

“It is astounding that Lord Sri Krsna, who is one without a second, ex-
panded Himself in sixteen thousand similar forms to marry sixteen thousand
queens in their respective homes.’

PURPORT
This verse is spoken by Narada Muni in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.69.2).

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sei vapu, sei akrti prthak yadi bhase
bhavavesa-bhede nama ‘vaibhava-prakdase’

SYNONYMS

sei vapu—that form; sei dkrti—that feature; prthak—different; yadi—if;
bhase—appears; bhadva-dvesa—of the ecstatic emotion; bhede—according to
varieties; naéma—named; vaibhava-prakadse — vaibhava-prakdsa.

TRANSLATION

“If one form or feature is differently manifested according to different emo-
tional features, it is called vaibhava-prakaéa.

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