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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 20.374
'vibhūti' kahiye yaiche gītā-ekādaśe
jagat vyāpila kṛṣṇa-śakty-ābhāsāveśe
SYNONYMS
vibhūti — specific power; kahiye — we say; yaiche — just like; gītā — of the Bhagavad-gītā; ekādaśe — in the Eleventh Chapter; jagat — throughout the whole universe; vyāpila — He expanded; kṛṣṇa-śakti-ābhāsa-āveśe — by the reflection of His power.
TRANSLATION
"As explained in the Eleventh Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa has spread Himself all over the universe in many personalities through specific powers, known as vibhūti.
PURPORT
The expansion of specific māyā powers is explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.7.39).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness