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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.186
প্রাভববিলাস — বাসুদেব, সঙ্কর্ষণ ।
প্রদ্যুম্ন, অনিরুদ্ধ, — মুখ্য চারিজন ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
prābhava-vilāsa — vāsudeva, saṅkarṣaṇa
pradyumna, aniruddha, — mukhya cāri-jana
“The chief quadruple expansions are named Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. These are called prābhava-vilāsa.
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The chief expansions described here form a group of four.
Their names are Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
These chief quadruple expansions are called prābhava-vilāsa.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
While discussing the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord analyzed Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān, as well as the expansions of the Lord called svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma and āveśa, which are divided into various branches known as vaibhava and prābhava. Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Can you recall the four names and the term used for this group?
Read the four names aloud, then try writing them from memory under the heading prābhava-vilāsa.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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