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Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 170 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.170

চিত্রং বতৈতদেকেন বপুষা যুগপত্পৃথক্ গৃহেষু দ্ব্যষ্টসাহস্রং স্ত্রিয এক উদাবহত্

चित्रं बतैतदेकेन वपुषा युगपत्पृथक् गृहेषु द्व्यष्टसाहस्रं स्त्रिय एक उदावहत्

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).

Verse 170 of 399