Text 176] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 99
the second Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. For each of these,
there are three forms; therefore there are twelve forms altogether. These twelve
forms constitute the predominant names for the twelve months of the year as
well as the twelve tilaka marks on the body. Each of the four Personalities of God-
head expands into two other forms; thus there are eight forms, such as Purusot-
tama, Acyuta, etc. The four forms (Vasudeva, etc.), the twelve (KeSava, etc.), and
the eight (Purusottama, etc.) all together constitute twenty-four forms. All the
forms are differently named in accordance with the weapons They hold in Their
four hands.
TEXT 175
CASAS CALE CHAS-SAT |
fagE-aAt Sg, FY SA OGG i saci
vaibhava-prakasa yaiche devaki-tanuja
dvibhuja-svarapa kabhu, kabhu haya caturbhuja
SYNONYMS
vaibhava-prakaésa—the feature of vaibhava-prakasa; yaiche—just as; devaki-
tanuja—the son of Devaki; dvi-bhuja—two-handed; svartipa—form; kabhu—
sometimes; kabhu—sometimes; haya—is; catuh-bhuja—four-handed.
TRANSLATION
“An example of vaibhava-prakasa is the son of Devaki. He sometimes has
two hands and sometimes four hands.
PURPORT
When Lord Krsna took His birth, He appeared outside the womb as four-
handed Visnu. Then Devaki and Vasudeva offered their prayers to Him and asked
Him to assume His two-handed form. The Lord immediately assumed His two-
handed form and ordered that He be transferred to Gokula on the other side of
the River Yamuna.
TEXT 176
A-sice fags, AI lasaaisiat |
PERS Cara, ate SAets tl 540 I
ye-kale dvibhuja, nama—vaibhava-prakasa
caturbhuja haile, nama—prabhava-prakasa
