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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.11
SYNONYMS
deham — body; mānusham — exactly like a man; āśritya — accepting; kati varshāni — how many years; vrishnibhih — in the company of the Vrishnis, those who were born in the Vrishni family; yadu-puryām — in Dvārakā, in the residential quarters of the Yadus; saha — with; avātsīt — the Lord lived; patnyah — wives; kati — how many; abhavan — were there; prabhoh — of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, yet He appears as a human being. For how many years did He live with the descendants of Vrishni? How many wives did He marry, and for how many years did He live in Dvārakā?
PURPORT
In many places the Supreme Personality of Godhead is described as sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha [Bs. 5.1], possessing a spiritual, blissful body. His bodily feature is narākriti, that is, exactly like that of a human being. Here the same idea is repeated in the words mānusham āśritya, which indicate that He accepts a body exactly like that of a man. Everywhere it is confirmed that Krishna is never nirākāra, or formless. He has His form, exactly like that of a human being. There is no doubt about this.
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