CC Madhya 20.166
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 166
- ’svayaṁ-rūpa’ ‘svayaṁ-prakāśa’—dui rūpe sphūrti
- svayaṁ-rūpe—eka ‘kṛṣṇa’ vraje gopa-mūrti
SYNONYMS
svayam-rūpa — the original form of the Lord; svayam-prakāśa — the personal manifestation; dui rūpe — in two forms; sphūrti — exhibition; svayam-rūpe — in the original form; eka — one; kṛṣṇa — Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vraje — in Vṛndāvana; gopa-mūrti — the cowherd boy.
TRANSLATION
“The original form of the Lord [svayaṁ-rūpa] is exhibited in two forms—svayaṁ-rūpa and svayaṁ-prakāśa. In His original form as svayaṁ-rūpa, Kṛṣṇa is observed as a cowherd boy in Vṛndāvana.