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CC Madhya 20.258 (1975)

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His Divine Grace
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).