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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.174
vaibhava-prakāśa krishnera — śrī-balarāma
varna-mātra-bheda, saba — krishnera samāna
SYNONYMS
vaibhava-prakāśa — manifestation of the vaibhava feature; krishnera — of Lord Krishna; śrī-balarāma — Śrī Balarāma; varna-mātra — color only; bheda — difference; saba — everything; krishnera samāna — equal to Krishna.
TRANSLATION
"The first manifestation of the vaibhava feature of Krishna is Śrī Balarāmajī. Śrī Balarāma and Krishna have different bodily colors, but otherwise Śrī Balarāma is equal to Krishna in all respects.
PURPORT
To understand the difference between svayam-rūpa, tad-ekātma-rūpa, āveśa, prābhava and vaibhava, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura has given the following description. In the beginning, Krishna has three bodily features: (1) svayam-rūpa, as a cowherd boy in Vrindāvana; (2) tad-ekātma-rūpa, which is divided into svāmśaka and vilāsa; and (3) āveśa-rūpa. The svāmśaka, or expansions of the personal potency, are (1) Kāranodakaśāyī, Garbhodakaśāyī, Kshīrodakaśāyī and (2) incarnations such as the fish, tortoise, boar and Nrisimha. The vilāsa-rūpa has a prābhava division, including Vāsudeva, Sańkarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. There is also a vaibhava division, in which there are twenty-four forms, including the second Vāsudeva, Sańkarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. For each of these, there are three forms; therefore there are twelve forms altogether. These twelve forms constitute the predominant names for the twelve months of the year as well as the twelve tilaka marks on the body. Each of the four Personalities of Godhead expands into two other forms; thus there are eight forms, such as Purushottama, Acyuta, etc. The four forms (Vāsudeva, etc.), the twelve (Keśava, etc.), and the eight (Purushottama, etc.) all together constitute twenty-four forms. The forms are differently named in accordance with the placement of the weapons They hold in Their four hands.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness