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CC Madhya 20.168

Bengali

মহিষী-বিবাহে হৈল বহুবিধ মূর্তি ।
‘প্রাভব প্রকাশ’ — এই শাস্ত্র-পরসিদ্ধি ॥ ১৬৮ ॥

Text

mahiṣī-vivāhe haila bahu-vidha mūrti
‘prābhava prakāśa’ — ei śāstra-parasiddhi

Synonyms

mahiṣī-vivāhe — in the matter of marrying 16,108 wives at Dvārakā; haila — there were; bahu-vidha mūrti — many forms; prābhava prakāśa — called prābhava-prakāśa; ei — this; śāstra-parasiddhi — determined by reference to the revealed scriptures.

Translation

“When the Lord married 16,108 wives at Dvārakā, He expanded Himself into many forms. These expansions and the expansions at the rāsa dance are called prābhava-prakāśa, according to the directions of revealed scriptures.