Ādi-līlā

Chapter 5: The Glories of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

Verse 153 of 231
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রামলক্ষ্মণ—কৃষ্ণরামের অংশবিশেষ অবতারকালে দোঙ্হে দোঙ্হাতে প্রবেশ

रामलक्ष्मण—कृष्णरामेर अंशविशेष अवतारकाले दोङ्हे दोङ्हाते प्रवेश

rāma-lakṣmaṇa—kṛṣṇa-rāmera aṁśa-viśeṣa avatāra-kāle doṅhe doṅhāte praveśa

Synonyms

rāma-lakṣmaṇaRāmacandra and Lakṣmaṇa; kṛṣṇa-rāmera aṁśa-viśeṣaparticular expansions of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma; avatāra-kāleat the time of incarnation; doṅheboth of Them (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa); doṅhāte praveśaentered into Them both (Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma)..

Translation

Śrī Rāma and Śrī Lakṣmaṇa, who are plenary portions of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma, entered into Them at the time of Kṛṣṇa's and Balarāma's appearance.

Purport

With reference to the Viṣṇu-dharmottara, the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta explains that Rāma is an incarnation of Vāsudeva, Lakṣmaṇa is an incarnation of Saṅkarṣaṇa, Bharata is an incarnation of Pradyumna, and Śatrughna is an incarnation of Aniruddha. The Padma Purāṇa describes that Rāmacandra is Nārāyaṇa, and Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna are respectively Śeṣa, Cakra, and Śaṅkha (the conchshell in the hand of Nārāyaṇa). In the Rāma-gīta of the Skanda Purāṇa, Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata, and Śatrughna have been described as the triple attendants of Lord Rāma.

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