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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.175
বৈভবপ্রকাশ যৈছে দেবকী-তনুজ ।
দ্বিভুজ-স্বরূপ কভু, কভু হয় চতুর্ভুজ ॥ ১৭৫ ॥
vaibhava-prakāśa yaiche devakī-tanuja
dvibhuja-svarūpa kabhu, kabhu haya caturbhuja
“An example of vaibhava-prakāśa is the son of Devakī. He sometimes has two hands and sometimes four hands.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The son of Devakī is an example of vaibhava-prakāśa. He sometimes has two hands and sometimes four hands.
At His birth, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared outside the womb as four-handed Viṣṇu. Devakī and Vasudeva offered prayers and asked Him to assume His two-handed form.
The Lord immediately assumed His two-handed form. He ordered that He be transferred to Gokula, across the river Yamunā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Thus the owner helped them cross the hilly tract and proceed toward Vārāṇasī. On the way, Sanātana Gosvāmī met his brother-in-law, Śrīkānta, at Hājipura, and Śrīkānta helped him after he had heard about all Sanātana’s troubles.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “yamunā”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the Lord’s response to Devakī and Vasudeva’s prayers?
Reread the account and briefly recall the sequence: His appearance, the parents’ prayers, and His response.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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