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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.204Madhya 20.206

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.205

বাসুদেবের বিলাস দুই — অধোক্ষজ, পুরুষোত্তম ।

সঙ্কর্ষণের বিলাস — উপেন্দ্র, অচ্যুত দুইজন ॥ ২০৫ ॥

vāsudevera vilāsa dui — adhokṣaja, puruṣottama

saṅkarṣaṇera vilāsa — upendra, acyuta dui-jana

Translation

“Of these eight expansions, two are pastime forms of Vāsudeva. Their names are Adhokṣaja and Puruṣottama. The two pastime forms of Saṅkarṣaṇa are Upendra and Acyuta.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pastime Forms of Vāsudeva and Saṅkarṣaṇa

  1. 1

    Of the eight expansions, two are pastime forms of Vāsudeva.

  2. 2

    These two forms of Vāsudeva are Adhokṣaja and Puruṣottama.

  3. 3

    The two pastime forms of Saṅkarṣaṇa are Upendra and Acyuta.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vāsudevera vilāsathe pastime expansions of Vāsudeva
  2. duitwo
  3. adhokṣajaAdhokṣaja
  4. puruṣottamaPuruṣottama
  5. saṅkarṣaṇera vilāsathe pastime expansions of Saṅkarṣaṇa
  6. upendraUpendra
  7. acyutaAcyuta
  8. dui-janathe two persons
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can you distinguish the two forms of Vāsudeva from the two forms of Saṅkarṣaṇa?

Practice

Write two pairs: Vāsudeva—Adhokṣaja and Puruṣottama; Saṅkarṣaṇa—Upendra and Acyuta.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayPastime Forms of Vāsudeva and SaṅkarṣaṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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