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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.203
এই চারিজনের বিলাস-মূর্তি আর অষ্ট জন ।
তাঁ সবার নাম কহি, শুন সনাতন ॥ ২০৩ ॥
ei cāri-janera vilāsa-mūrti āra aṣṭa lana
tāṅ sabāra nāma kahi, śuna sanātana
“From Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, there are eight additional pastime expansions. O Sanātana, please hear Me as I mention Their names.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are named as the sources of additional pastime expansions.
There are eight of these additional pastime expansions.
Sanātana is asked to hear as Their names are mentioned.
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
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How can you give careful attention to the names being taught?
Read Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha aloud slowly, noting that eight additional pastime expansions come from Them.
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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