CC Madhya 20.258 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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 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 Brahma-saṁhitā (5.2).