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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.76
একই বিগ্রহ কিন্তু আকারে হয় আন ।
অনেক প্রকাশ হয়, ‘বিলাস’ তার নাম ॥ ৭৬ ॥
eka-i vigraha kintu ākāre haya āna
aneka prakāśa haya, ‘vilāsa’ tāra nāma
But when the numerous forms are slightly different from one another, they are called vilāsa-vigrahas.
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The forms described here are numerous.
These forms are slightly different from one another.
Forms with these slight differences are called vilāsa-vigrahas.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
The mood of Ādi 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
It does not deviate even slightly from the revealed scriptures, and therefore anyone who follows in the disciplic line will be able to realize the essence of this book simply by the method of aural reception. The first chapter of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta begins with fourteen Sanskrit verses that describe the Absolute Truth.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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What feature distinguishes the forms called vilāsa-vigrahas?
Write a short definition of vilāsa-vigrahas using the words “slightly different.”
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