68 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

The four Forms, Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna and Aniruddha,
are also expanded in the Vilasa Murti. These are eight in number, and their
Names are Purushottam, Achyuta, Nrishingha, Janardana, Hari, Krishna,
Adhoksaja and Upendra. Out of these eight Names, two Names, Adhoksaja
and Purushottam, are the Vilasa or Forms of Vasudeva. Similarly, Upendra
and Achyuta are the Forms of Samkarshan; Nrishingha and Janardana are the
Vilasa Forms of Pradyumna; and Hari and Krishna are the two Vilasa Forms
of Aniruddha. This Krishna is different from the original Krishna.

These twenty-four Forms are known as the Vilasa manifestation of the
Pravhav (four-handed) Form, and they are differently named according to the
different position of the symbolic representations, that is, the mace, the disc,
the lotus flower and the conch shell. Out of these twenty-four Forms, there
is also a division of Vilasa and Baibhava. Names mentioned herein, such as
Pradyumna, Trivikram, Vamana, Hari and Krishna are also different in fea-
tures. Then, coming to the Prahava Vilasa of Krishna, which is Vasudeva,
Samkarshan, Pradyumna and Aniruddha; there are a total of twenty further
variations. All of them have Vaikuntha planets in the Spiritual Sky, which are
situated in eight different directions. And, although each of them is eternally
in the Spiritual Sky, still, some of them manifest in the material world also.

In the Spiritual Sky all the planets dominated by the feature of Narayan
are eternal. And the topmost planet in the Spiritual Sky is called Krishna Loka.
That Krishna Loka is divided into three different portions: Gokula, Mathura,
and Dwarka. In the Mathura portion the Form of Kesava is always situated.
He is also represented on this earthly planet. In India there is a place called
Mathura where Kesava Murti is worshipped and, similarly, there is a Puru-
shottam Form in Jagannath Puri in Orissa. In Anandaranya there is the
Form of Vishnu, and in Mayapur, the birthplace of Lord Chaitanya, there is
the Form of Hari. Many other Forms are situated elsewhere on this earthly
planet.

Not only in this Universe, but in all the other Universes such Forms are
distributed everywhere. On this earthly planet also it is indicated that all the
world is divided into seven islands, and it is understood that on each and every
island there are similar Forms. But at the present moment they are found
only in India. They are indicated to be in other parts of the world, but at
present there is no information telling where they are situated. But from Vedic
literature we can understand that there are Forms in other parts of the world.

These different Forms of Krishna are distributed all over the world and
the Universes to give pleasure to the devotees. Not that the devotees are only
