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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.77
স্বরূপমন্যাকারং যত্তস্য ভাতি বিলাসতঃ ।
প্রায়েণাত্মসমং শক্ত্যা স বিলাসো নিগদ্যতে ॥ ৭৭ ॥
svarūpam anyākāraṁ yat
tasya bhāti vilāsataḥ
prāyeṇātma-samaṁ śaktyā
sa vilāso nigadyate
“When the Lord displays numerous forms with different features by His inconceivable potency, such forms are called vilāsa-vigrahas.”
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The Lord displays numerous forms with different features.
He displays these forms by His inconceivable potency, and they are called vilāsa-vigrahas.
The purport identifies this statement as another quotation from the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta.
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:
These incarnations are considered in three divisions — incarnations of the potency of the Lord, incarnations of His qualities, and incarnations of His authority. In this connection, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s direct manifestations and His manifestations for transcendental pastimes are discussed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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