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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 20.223

siddhārtha-saḿhitā kare cabbiśa mūrti gaṇana

tāra mate kahi āge cakrādi-dhāraṇa

SYNONYMS

siddhārtha-saḿhitā — the revealed scripture named the Siddhārtha-saḿhitā; kare — does; cabbiśa — twenty-four; mūrti — forms; gaṇana — counting; tāra mate — according to the opinion of Siddhārtha-saḿhitā; kahiI shall describe; āge — first; cakra-ādi-dhāraṇa — holding of the weapons, beginning with the disc.

TRANSLATION

"According to the Siddhārtha-saḿhitā there are twenty-four forms of Lord Viṣṇu. 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) Sańkarṣaṇa, (3) Pradyumna, (4) Aniruddha, (5) Keśava, (6) Nārāyaṇa, (7) Mādhava, (8) Govinda, (9) Viṣṇu, (10) Madhusūdana, (11) Trivikrama, (12) Vāmana, (13) Śrīdhara, (14) Hṛṣīkeśa, (15) Padmanābha, (16) Dāmodara, (17) Puruṣottama, (18) Acyuta, (19) Nṛsiḿha, (20) Janārdana, (21) Hari, (22) Kṛṣṇa, (23) Adhokṣaja and (24) Upendra.

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