CC Madhya 20.175 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - 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
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 175
- vaibhava-prakāśa yaiche devakī-tanuja
- dvibhuja-svarūpa kabhu, kabhu haya caturbhuja
SYNONYMS
vaibhava-prakāśa—the feature of vaibhava-prakāśa; yaiche—just as; devakī-tanuja—the son of Devakī; dvi-bhuja—two-handed; svarūpa—form; kabhu—sometimes; kabhu—sometimes; haya—is; catur-bhuja—four-handed.
TRANSLATION
“An example of vaibhava-prakāśa is the son of Devakī. He sometimes has two hands and sometimes four hands.
PURPORT
When Lord Kṛṣṇa took His birth, He appeared outside the womb as four-handed Viṣṇu. Then Devakī and Vasudeva offered their prayers to Him and asked Him to assume His two-handed form. The Lord immediately assumed His two-handed form and ordered that He be transferred to Gokula, on the other side of the river Yamunā.