CC Madhya 20.166

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

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 166

’svayaṁ-rūpa’ ‘svayaṁ-prakāśa’—dui rūpe sphūrti

svayaṁ-rūpe—eka ‘kṛṣṇa’ vraje gopa-mūrti

SYNONYMS

svayam-rūpa—the original form of the Lord; svayam-prakāśa—the personal manifestation; dui rūpe—in two forms; sphūrti—exhibition; svayam-rūpe—in the original form; eka—one; kṛṣṇa—Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vraje—in Vṛndāvana; gopa-mūrti—the cowherd boy.

TRANSLATION

“The original form of the Lord [svayaṁ-rūpa] is exhibited in two forms—svayaṁ-rūpa and svayaṁ-prakāśa. In His original form as svayaṁ-rūpa, Kṛṣṇa is observed as a cowherd boy in Vṛndāvana.

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