Madhya-līlā

Chapter 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Verse 75 of 280
Cc Madhya 16.75

ক্রম করিঽ কহে প্রভু ঽবৈষ্ণবঽলক্ষণ ঽবৈষ্ণবঽ, ঽবৈষ্ণবতরঽ, আর ঽবৈষ্ণবতমঽ

क्रम करिऽ कहे प्रभु ऽवैष्णवऽलक्षण ऽवैष्णवऽ, ऽवैष्णवतरऽ, आर ऽवैष्णवतमऽ

krama kari' kahe prabhu 'vaiṣṇava'-lakṣaṇa 'vaiṣṇava', 'vaiṣṇavatara', āra 'vaiṣṇavatama'

Synonyms

krama kari'dividing according to grades; kahe prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke; vaiṣṇava-lakṣaṇathe symptoms of Vaiṣṇavas; vaiṣṇavathe ordinary Vaiṣṇava (the positive platform); vaiṣṇava-tarathe better Vaiṣṇava (the comparative platform); āraand; vaiṣṇava-tamathe best Vaiṣṇava (the superlative platform)..

Translation

In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed different types of Vaiṣṇavas—the Vaiṣṇava, Vaiṣṇavatara and Vaiṣṇavatama. He thus successively explained all the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava to the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma.

Verse 75 of 280
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