324 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 22

TEXT 8

aicat-fafearent-acrt Zeal fata |
Bas CaFS-aMHiO seaa faata uv i

svamsa-vibhinnamsa-rdpe hafia vistara
ananta vaikuntha-brahmande karena vihara

SYNONYMS

sva-arnsa—of personal expansions; vibhinna-ammsa—of separated expansions;
rape—in the forms; hafia—becoming; vistara—expanded; ananta—unlimited;
vaikuntha—in the spiritual planets known as Vaikunthas; brahmande —in the ma-
terial universes; karena vihara—performs His pastimes.

TRANSLATION

“Krsna expands Himself in many forms. Some of them are personal expan-
sions, and some are separate expansions. Thus He performs pastimes in both
the spiritual and material worlds. The spiritual worlds are the Vaikuntha
planets, and the material universes are brahmandas, gigantic globes governed
by Lord Brahma.

TEXT 9

aieat-faeiq—pegie, HIStaae |
fafeaiet Hla—Sia sfescs ata 1d

svamsa-vistara— catur-vytha, avatara-gana
vibhinnamsa jiva—tdanra saktite ganana

SYNONYMS

sva-amsa-vistara—the expansion of His personal forms; catuh-vygha—His
quadruple form; avatdra-gana—the incarnations; vibhinna-arnsa—His separated
forms; jiva—the living entities; tanra—His; saktite—in the category of potency;
ganana —calculating.

TRANSLATION

“Expansions of His personal self—like the quadruple manifestations of
Sankarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Vasudeva— descend as incarnations
from Vaikuntha to this material world. The separated expansions are living en-
tities. Although they are expansions of Krsna, they are counted among His dif-
ferent potencies.
