Text 187] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 105

tadrso nydina-saktim yo
vyanakti svarnsa iritah

sankarsanadir matsyadir
yathd tat-tat-svadhamasu

When a form of Krsna is nondifferent from the original form but is less important
and exhibits less potency, it is called svamsa. Examples of the svamsa expansion
can be found in the quadruple forms of the Lord residing in their respective places,
beginning with Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha and including the purusa-
avataras, lild-avataras, manvantara-avataras and yuga-avataras.

TEXT 186

aSafertn—arqend, Wee |
A, afaiwe,—ZIz oifagra i sev i

prabhava-vilasa——vasudeva, sankarsana
pradyumna, aniruddha, —mukhya cari-jana

SYNONYMS

prabhava-vildsa—the prabhava-vilasa forms; vasudeva—Vadsudeva; sankar-
sana—Sankarsana; pradyumna—Pradyumna; aniruddha—Aniruddha; mukhya
cari-jana—the four chief expansions.

TRANSLATION

“The chief quadruple expansions are named Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pra-
dyumna and Aniruddha. These are called prabhava-vilasa.

TEXT 187

ce caries Aca, ACA BGT-Slee |
ad-caet-cow, Sic ‘faarin’ Sta ALA tt 9v-9

vraje gopa-bhava ramera, pure ksatriya-bhavana
varna-vesa-bheda, tate ‘vilasa’ tahra nama

SYNONYMS

vraje—in Vrndavana; gopa-bhava—emotion of a cowherd boy; ramera—of
Balarama; pure—in Dvaraka; ksatriya-bhavana—the emotion of a ksatriya; varna-
vesa-bheda—by differences of dress and color; téte—therefore; vilasa—pastime
expansion; tanra nama—His name.
