Ādi-līlā

Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters

Verse 81 of 103
Cc Ādi 1.81

স্বযংরূপ কৃষ্ণের কাযব্যূহ—তাঙ্র সম ভক্ত সহিতে হয তাঙ্হার আবরণ

स्वयंरूप कृष्णेर कायव्यूह—ताङ्र सम भक्त सहिते हय ताङ्हार आवरण

svayaṁ-rūpa kṛṣṇera kāya-vyūha—tāṅra sama bhakta sahite haya tāṅhāra āvaraṇa

Synonyms

svayam-rūpaHis own original form (two-handed Kṛṣṇa); kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa; kāya-vyūhapersonal expansions; tāṅrawith Him; samaequal; bhaktathe devotees; sahiteassociated with; hayaare; tāṅhāraHis; āvaraṇacovering..

Translation

The personal associates of the primeval Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, are His devotees, who are identical with Him. He is complete with His entourage of devotees.

Purport

Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His various personal expansions are nondifferent in potential power. These expansions are associated with further secondary expansions, or servitor expansions, who are called devotees.

Verse 81 of 103
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