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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 77

svarūpam anyākāraṁ yat

tasya bhāti vilāsataḥ

prāyeṇātma-samaṁ śaktyā

sa vilāso nigadyate

SYNONYMS

sva-rūpam—the Lord’s own form; anya—other; ākāram—features of the body; yat—which; tasya—His; bhāti—appears; vilāsataḥ—from particular pastimes; prāyena—almost; ātma-samam—self-similar; śaktyā—by His potency; saḥ—that; vilāsaḥ—the vilāsa (pastime) form; nigadyate—is called.

TRANSLATION

“When the Lord displays numerous forms with different features by His inconceivable potency, such forms are called vilāsa-vigrahas.”

PURPORT

This is another quotation from the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.15).

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