Madhya-līlāChapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.170

citram bataitad ekena

vapushā yugapat prithak

griheshu dvy-ashta-sāhasram

striya eka udāvahat

SYNONYMS

citram — wonderful; bata — oh; etat — this; ekena — with one; vapushā — form; yugapat — simultaneously; prithak — separately; griheshuin the houses; dvi-ashta-sāhasram — sixteen thousand; striyah — all the queens; ekah — the one Śrī Krishna; udāvahat — married.

TRANSLATION

"'It is astounding that Lord Śrī Krishna, 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).

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