Madhya-līlāChapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 20.338

namas te vāsudevāya

namaḥ sańkarṣaṇāya ca

pradyumnāyāniruddhāya

tubhyaḿ bhagavate namaḥ

SYNONYMS

namaḥ — let me offer my respectful obeisances; te — unto You; vāsudevāya — Lord Vāsudeva; namaḥ — respectful obeisances; sańkarṣaṇāya ca — also to Lord Sańkarṣaṇa; pradyumnāyato Lord Pradyumna; aniruddhāya — unto Aniruddha; tubhyam — unto You; bhagavate — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; namaḥ — my respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

"'I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expanded as Vāsudeva, Sańkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.'

PURPORT

This is a prayer from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.29) spoken by Karabhājana Muni when he was questioned by Mahārāja Nimi, the King of Videha, about the incarnations in specific yugas and their method of worship. Karabhājana Muni was one of the nine Yogendras, and he met the King to inform him about future incarnations.

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