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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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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 221

astra-dhṛti-bheda—nāma-bhedera kāraṇa
cakrādi-dhāraṇa-bheda śuna, sanātana

SYNONYMS

astra-dhṛti—of holding the weapons; bheda—difference; nāma-bhedera—of differences of names; kāraṇa—the cause; cakra-ādi—of weapons, beginning with the disc; dhāraṇa—of holding; bheda—differences; śuna—please hear; sanātana—O Sanātana.

TRANSLATION

“My dear Sanātana, just hear from Me as I tell you how the different viṣṇu-mūrtis hold Their weapons, beginning with the disc, and how They are named differently according to the placement of the weapons in Their hands.