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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.23
মথুরা–দ্বারকায় নিজরূপ প্রকাশিয়া ।
নানারূপে বিলসয়ে চতুর্ব্যূহ হৈঞা ॥ ২৩ ॥
mathurā-dvārakāya nija-rūpa prakāśiyā
nānā-rūpe vilasaye catur-vyūha haiñā
Lord Kṛṣṇa manifests His own form in Mathurā and Dvārakā. He enjoys pastimes in various ways by expanding into the quadruple forms.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa manifests His own form in Mathurā and Dvārakā.
He expands into the quadruple forms.
Through these expansions, He enjoys pastimes in various ways.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
Kṛṣṇaloka, the abode of Kṛṣṇa, has three divisions, which are known as Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula. In that abode the Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four plenary portions — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Pradyumna (the transcendental Cupid) and Aniruddha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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