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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.223
siddhārtha-samhitā kare cabbiśa mūrti ganana
tāra mate kahi āge cakrādi-dhārana
SYNONYMS
siddhārtha-samhitā — the revealed scripture named the Siddhārtha-samhitā; kare — does; cabbiśa — twenty-four; mūrti — forms; ganana — counting; tāra mate — according to the opinion of Siddhārtha-samhitā; kahi — I shall describe; āge — first; cakra-ādi-dhārana — holding of the weapons, beginning with the disc.
TRANSLATION
"According to the Siddhārtha-samhitā there are twenty-four forms of Lord Vishnu. First I shall describe, according to the opinion of that book, the location of the weapons, beginning with the disc.
PURPORT
The twenty-four forms are (1) Vāsudeva, (2) Sańkarshana, (3) Pradyumna, (4) Aniruddha, (5) Keśava, (6) Nārāyana, (7) Mādhava, (8) Govinda, (9) Vishnu, (10) Madhusūdana, (11) Trivikrama, (12) Vāmana, (13) Śrīdhara, (14) Hrishīkeśa, (15) Padmanābha, (16) Dāmodara, (17) Purushottama, (18) Acyuta, (19) Nrisimha, (20) Janārdana, (21) Hari, (22) Krishna, (23) Adhokshaja and (24) Upendra.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness