CC Madhya 20.242 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya-līlā 20.241 - Madhya-līlā 20.243

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 242

catvāro vāsudevādyā

nārāyaṇa-nṛsiṁhakau

hayagrīvo mahākroḍo

brahmā ceti navoditāḥ

SYNONYMS

catvāraḥ—four principal protectors; vāsudeva-ādyāḥ—Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha; nārāyaṇa—including Lord Nārāyaṇa; nṛsiṁhakau—as well as Lord Nṛsiṁha; hayagrīvaḥ—Lord Hayagrīva; mahākroḍaḥ—Lord Varāha; brahmā—Lord Brahmā; ca—also; iti—thus; nava-uditāḥ—nine personalities.

TRANSLATION

" 'The nine personalities mentioned are Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Nārāyaṇa, Nṛsiṁha, Hayagrīva, Varāha and Brahmā.'

PURPORT

This verse is found in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.451). The Brahmā mentioned herein is not a living entity. Sometimes, when there is a scarcity of living entities to take charge of Brahmā's post, Mahā-Viṣṇu expands Himself as Lord Brahmā. This Brahmā is not considered to be a living entity; He is an expansion of Viṣṇu.

Madhya-līlā 20.241 - Madhya-līlā 20.243