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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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CC Madhya 20.168

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 167

‘prābhava-vaibhava’-rūpe dvividha prakāśe
eka-vapu bahu rūpa yaiche haila rāse

SYNONYMS

prābhava-prābhava; vaibhava-vaibhava; rūpe—in forms; dvi-vidha prakāśe—twofold manifestations; eka-vapu—the same original form; bahu rūpa—expanded into unlimited numbers; yaiche—like; haila—it was; rāse—while dancing in the rāsa dance with the gopīs.

TRANSLATION

“In His original form, Kṛṣṇa manifests Himself in two features—prābhava and vaibhava. He expands His one original form into many, as He did during the rāsa-līlā dance.