CC Adi 1.77 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters

Ādi-līlā 1.76 - Ādi-līlā 1.78

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

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).

Ādi-līlā 1.76 - Ādi-līlā 1.78