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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.24
বাসুদেব–সঙ্কর্ষণ–প্রদ্যুম্নানিরুদ্ধ।
সর্বচতুর্ব্যূহ–অংশী, তুরীয়, বিশুদ্ধ ॥ ২৪ ॥
vāsudeva-saṅkarṣaṇa-pradyumnāniruddha
sarva-catur-vyūha-aṁśī, turīya, viśuddha
Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are the primary quadruple forms, from whom all other quadruple forms are manifested. They are all purely transcendental.
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Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are the primary quadruple forms.
All other quadruple forms are manifested from these primary forms.
These forms are all purely transcendental.
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:
In that abode the Personality of Godhead expands Himself into four plenary portions — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Pradyumna (the transcendental Cupid) and Aniruddha. They are known as the original quadruple forms.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why is it important to remember that all these forms are purely transcendental?
Read the four names aloud, then repeat the teaching: “They are all purely transcendental.”
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