CC Madhya 20.258

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

CC Madhya 20.257

CC Madhya 20.259

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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).