Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 175 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.175

বৈভবপ্রকাশ যৈছে দেবকীতনুজ দ্বিভুজস্বরূপ কভু, কভু হয চতুর্ভুজ

वैभवप्रकाश यैछे देवकीतनुज द्विभुजस्वरूप कभु, कभु हय चतुर्भुज

vaibhava-prakāśa yaiche devakī-tanuja dvibhuja-svarūpa kabhu, kabhu haya caturbhuja

Synonyms

vaibhava-prakāśathe feature of vaibhava-prakāśa; yaichejust as; devakī-tanujathe son of Devakī; dvi-bhujatwo-handed; svarūpaform; kabhusometimes; kabhusometimes; hayais; catuḥ-bhujafour-handed..

Translation

"An example of vaibhava-prakāśa is the son of Devakī. He sometimes has two hands and sometimes four hands.

Purport

When Lord Kṛṣṇa took His birth, He appeared outside the womb as four-handed Viṣṇu. Then Devakī and Vasudeva offered their prayers to Him and asked Him to assume His two-handed form. The Lord immediately assumed His two-handed form and ordered that He be transferred to Gokula on the other side of the River Yamunā.

Verse 175 of 399