Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 20: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Sanatana Gosvami in the Science of the Absolute Truth. Text 166

'svayaá¹-rÅ«pa' 'svayaá¹-prakÄÅ›a' — dui rÅ«pe sphÅ«rti
svayaá¹-rÅ«pe — eka 'kṛṣṇa' vraje gopa-mÅ«rti

 svayam-rÅ«pa - the original form of the Lord; svayam-prakÄÅ›a - the personal manifestation; dui rÅ«pe - in two forms; sphÅ«rti - exhibition; svayam-rÅ«pe - in the original form; eka - one; kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vraje - in Vá¹›ndÄvana; gopa-mÅ«rti - the cowherd boy.


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“The original form of the Lord [svayaá¹-rÅ«pa] is exhibited in two forms — svayaá¹-rÅ«pa and svayaá¹-prakÄÅ›a. In His original form as svayaá¹-rÅ«pa, Kṛṣṇa is observed as a cowherd boy in Vá¹›ndÄvana.

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