Ādi-līlā

Chapter 3: The External Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance

Verse 27 of 113
Cc Ādi 3.27

সন্ত্ববতারা বহবঃ পংকজনাভস্য সর্বতো ভদ্রাঃ কৃষ্ণাদন্যঃ কো বা লতাস্বপি প্রেমদো ভবতি

सन्त्ववतारा बहवः पंकजनाभस्य सर्वतो भद्राः कृष्णादन्यः को वा लतास्वपि प्रेमदो भवति

santv avatārā bahavaḥ paṅkaja-nābhasya sarvato bhadrāḥ kṛṣṇād anyaḥ ko vā latāsv api premado bhavati

Synonyms

santulet there be; avatārāḥincarnations; bahavaḥmany; paṅkaja-nābhasyaof the Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower; sarvataḥ bhadrāḥcompletely auspicious; kṛṣṇātthan Lord Kṛṣṇa; anyaḥother; kaḥ vāwho possibly; latāsuon the surrendered souls; apialso; prema-daḥthe bestower of love; bhavatiis..

Translation

"'There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?'

Purport

This quotation from Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura is found in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.5.37).

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