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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 5.41
বাসুদেব–সঙ্কর্ষণ–প্রদ্যুম্নানিরুদ্ধ ।
‘দ্বিতীয় চতুর্ব্যূহ’ এই—তুরীয়, বিশুদ্ধ ॥ ৪১ ॥
vāsudeva-saṅkarṣaṇa-pradyumnāniruddha
‘dvitīya catur-vyūha’ ei — turīya, viśuddha
Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha constitute this second quadruple. They are purely transcendental.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha constitute the second quadruple. They are purely transcendental.
The purport states that Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya misleadingly explained this quadruple form, called catur-vyūha, in his interpretation of the Vedānta-sūtra.
Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī answers these misleading objections to the personal feature of the Absolute Truth.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
How does the phrase “purely transcendental” shape your understanding of these four forms?
Read the four names aloud once, remembering that these forms are purely transcendental.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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