Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.192

punah krishna catur-vyūha lañā pūrva-rūpe

paravyoma-madhye vaise nārāyana-rūpe

SYNONYMS

punah — again; krishna — Krishna; catur-vyūha — the quadruple expansions; lañā — taking; pūrva-rūpe — as previously; paravyoma-madhye — in the paravyoma area; vaise — resides; nārāyana-rūpe — in the form of four-handed Nārāyana.

TRANSLATION

"Lord Krishna again expands, and within the paravyoma, the spiritual sky, He is situated in fullness as the four-handed Nārāyana, accompanied by expansions of the original quadruple form.

PURPORT

At the top of the paravyoma, the spiritual sky, there is Goloka Vrindāvana, which is divided into three parts. Two of the parts, called Mathurā and Dvārakā, are the residences of Krishna in His prābhava-vilāsa forms. Balarāma, Krishna's vaibhava-prakāśa, is eternally situated in Gokula. From the quadruple prābhava-vilāsa, twenty-four forms of the vaibhava-vilāsa are expanded. Each has four hands holding weapons in different positions. The topmost planet in the spiritual sky is Goloka Vrindāvana, and below that planet is the spiritual sky itself. In that spiritual sky, Krishna Himself is four-handed and is situated as Nārāyana.

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