CC Madhya 20.258 (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 258
- sahasra-patraṁ kamalaṁ
- gokulākhyaṁ mahat padam
- tat-karṇikāraṁ tad-dhāma
- tad anantāṁśa-sambhavam
SYNONYMS
sahasra-patram—with thousands of petals; kamalam—resembling a lotus flower; gokula-ākhyam—named Gokula; mahat padam—the supreme abode; tat-karṇikāram—the whorl of that lotus flower; tat-dhāma—the abode of the Lord; tat—that; ananta-aṁśa—from the expansion of the energy of Ananta; sambhavam—creation.
TRANSLATION
“‘Gokula, the supreme abode and planet, appears like a lotus flower that has a thousand petals. The whorl of that lotus is the abode of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. This lotus-shaped supreme abode is created by the will of Lord Ananta.’
PURPORT
This verse is quoted from the Brahma-saṁhitā (BS 5.38).