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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.197
প্ৰদ্যুম্নের মূর্তি — ত্রিবিক্রম, বামন, শ্রীধর ।
অনিরুদ্ধের মূর্তি — হৃষীকেশ, পদ্মনাভ, দামোদর ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
pradyumnera mūrti — trivikrama, vāmana, śrīdhara
aniruddhera mūrti — hṛṣīkeśa, padmanābha, dāmodara
“The expansions of Pradyumna are Trivikrama, Vāmana and Śrīdhara. The expansions of Aniruddha are Hṛṣīkeśa, Padmanābha and Dāmodara.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Pradyumna’s expansions are Trivikrama, Vāmana and Śrīdhara.
Aniruddha’s expansions are Hṛṣīkeśa, Padmanābha and Dāmodara.
The translation names three expansions of Pradyumna and three expansions of Aniruddha.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which names can you now connect with Pradyumna, and which with Aniruddha?
Make two short lists, one for Pradyumna’s expansions and one for Aniruddha’s, then read each once.
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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