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CC Madhya 20.170 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 170

citraṁ bataitad ekena
vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak
gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasraṁ
striya eka udāvahat


SYNONYMS

citram—wonderful; bata—oh; etat—this; ekena—with one; vapuṣā—form; yugapat—simultaneously; pṛthak—separately; gṛheṣu—in the houses; dvi-asta-sāhasram—sixteen thousand; striyaḥ—all the queens; ekaḥ—the one Śrī Kṛṣṇa; udāvahat—married.


TRANSLATION

" 'It is astounding that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is one without a second, expanded Himself in sixteen thousand similar forms to marry sixteen thousand queens in their respective homes.'


PURPORT

This verse is spoken by Nārada Muni in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.69.2).