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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.237
hayaśīrsha-pańcarātre kahe shola-jana
tāra mate kahi ebe cakrādi-dhārana
SYNONYMS
hayaśīrsha-pańcarātre — the revealed scripture named the Hayaśīrsha-pańcarātra; kahe — says; shola-jana — sixteen personalities; tāra mate — according to this opinion; kahi — I shall describe; ebe — now; cakra-ādi-dhārana — the holding of weapons, beginning with the disc.
TRANSLATION
"According to the Hayaśīrsha-pańcarātra, there are sixteen personalities. I shall now describe that opinion of how They hold the weapons.
PURPORT
The sixteen personalities are as follows: (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 and (16) Dāmodara.
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