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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.209
পদ্মনাভ, ত্রিবিক্রম, নৃসিংহ, বামন ।
হরি, কৃষ্ণ আদি হয় ‘আকারে’ বিলক্ষণ ॥ ২০৯ ॥
padmanābha, trivikrama, nṛsiṁha, vāmana
hari, kṛṣṇa ādi haya ‘ākāre’ vilakṣaṇa
“Of Them, Padmanābha, Trivikrama, Nṛsiṁha, Vāmana, Hari, Kṛṣṇa and so on all have different bodily features.
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Padmanābha and Trivikrama are among the forms with different bodily features.
Nṛsiṁha and Vāmana are also included among these forms.
Hari and Kṛṣṇa are named as further examples; the list continues beyond these names.
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:
The Lord also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages. He explained how Kṛṣṇa attained His permanent form when He reached youth.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.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “hari”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which names can I remember from this list of forms with different bodily features?
Read the six names aloud once, noting that these forms have different bodily features.
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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