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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.223
সিদ্ধার্থ-সংহিতা করে চব্বিশ মূর্তি গণন ।
তার মতে কহি আগে চক্রাদি-ধারণ ॥ ২২৩ ॥
siddhārtha-saṁhitā kare cabbiśa mūrti gaṇana
tāra mate kahi āge cakrādi-dhāraṇa
“According to the Siddhārtha-saṁhitā there are twenty-four forms of Lord Viṣṇu. First I shall describe, according to the opinion of that book, the location of the weapons, beginning with the disc.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Siddhārtha-saṁhitā describes twenty-four forms of Lord Viṣṇu.
The list begins with Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, and ends with Adhokṣaja and Upendra.
The description follows that book’s account of the locations of the weapons, beginning with the disc.
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:
First they discussed the constitutional position of the living entities, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī how the living entity is one of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s energies. After this, the Lord explained the way of devotional service.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 among these twenty-four forms are new to me?
Read the list of twenty-four names slowly, and write down one name you want to remember.
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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