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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.78
যৈছে বলদেব, পরব্যোমে নারায়ণ ।
যৈছে বাসুদেব প্রদ্যুম্নাদি সঙ্কর্ষণ ॥ ৭৮ ॥
yaiche baladeva, paravyome nārāyaṇa
yaiche vāsudeva pradyumnādi saṅkarṣaṇa
Examples of such vilāsa-vigrahas are Baladeva, Nārāyaṇa in Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma, and the catur-vyūha — Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
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Baladeva is an example of a vilāsa-vigraha.
Nārāyaṇa in Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma is also a vilāsa-vigraha.
The catur-vyūha—Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha—are further examples.
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:
Next considered are the potencies of the Lord, of which three principal manifestations are described: the consorts in the kingdom of God (Vaikuṇṭha), the queens of Dvārakā-dhāma and, highest of all, the damsels of Vrajadhāma. Finally, there is the Supreme Lord Himself, who is the fountainhead of all these manifestations.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which examples of vilāsa-vigrahas can I now name?
Read aloud the names of the four forms in the catur-vyūha.
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