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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.64
কভু এক মূর্তি, কভু হন বহু-মূর্তি ।
কার্য-অনুরূপ প্রভু প্রকাশয়ে শক্তি ॥ ৬৪ ॥
kabhu eka mūrti, kabhu hana bahu-mūrti
kārya-anurūpa prabhu prakāśaye śakti
According to His need, the Lord sometimes exhibited one form and sometimes many. This was being executed by His internal potency.
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According to His need, the Lord sometimes exhibited one form.
At other times, He exhibited many forms.
These manifestations were executed by His internal potency.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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How does this verse deepen my appreciation of the Lord’s internal potency?
Write one sentence summarizing how the Lord exhibited one form and many forms.
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