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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.237
হয়শীর্ষ-পঞ্চরাত্রে কহে ষোলজন ।
তার মতে কহি এবে চক্রাদি-ধারণ ॥ ২৩৭ ॥
hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātre kahe ṣola-jana
tāra mate kahi ebe cakrādi-dhāraṇa
“According to the Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra, there are sixteen personalities. I shall now describe that opinion of how They hold the weapons.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
According to the Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra, there are sixteen personalities. The translation introduces an account of how They hold the weapons.
The first eight listed are Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Keśava, Nārāyaṇa, Mādhava and Govinda.
The remaining eight are Viṣṇu, Madhusūdana, Trivikrama, Vāmana, Śrīdhara, Hṛṣīkeśa, Padmanābha and Dāmodara.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
For his garment, he used an old cloth of Tapana Miśra’s. Later, he exchanged his valuable blanket for a torn quilt.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 of these sixteen names can I already recall, and which need more attention?
Today, read all sixteen names aloud slowly, giving attention to each name.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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