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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.258
SYNONYMS
sahasra-patram — with thousands of petals; kamalam — resembling a lotus flower; gokula-ākhyam — named Gokula; mahat padam — the supreme abode; tat-karnikāram — the whorl of that lotus flower; tat-dhāma — the abode of the Lord; tat — that; ananta-amśa — from the expansion of the energy of Ananta; sambhavam — creation.
TRANSLATION
"'Gokula, the supreme abode and planet, appears like a lotus flower that has a thousand petals. The whorl of that lotus is the abode of the Supreme Lord, Krishna. This lotus-shaped supreme abode is created by the will of Lord Ananta.'
PURPORT
This verse is quoted from the Brahma-samhitā (5.2).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness