Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 187 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.187

ব্রজে গোপভাব রামের, পুরে ক্ষত্রিযভাবন বর্ণবেশভেদ, তাতে ঽবিলাসঽ তাঙ্র নাম

व्रजे गोपभाव रामेर, पुरे क्षत्रियभावन वर्णवेशभेद, ताते ऽविलासऽ ताङ्र नाम

vraje gopa-bhāva rāmera, pure kṣatriya-bhāvana varṇa-veśa-bheda, tāte 'vilāsa' tāṅra nāma

Synonyms

vrajein Vṛndāvana; gopa-bhāvaemotion of a cowherd boy; rāmeraof Balarāma; purein Dvārakā; kṣatriya-bhāvanathe emotion of a kṣatriya; varṇa-veśa-bhedaby differences of dress and color; tātetherefore; vilāsapastime expansion; tāṅra nāmaHis name..

Translation

"Balarāma, who has the same original form of Kṛṣṇa, is Himself a cowherd boy in Vṛndāvana, and He also considers Himself to belong to the kṣatriya race in Dvārakā. Thus His color and dress are different, and He is called a pastime form of Kṛṣṇa.

Verse 187 of 399
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