tad-ekÄtma-rÅ«pe 'vilÄsa', 'svÄmÅ›a' — dui bheda
vilÄsa, svÄmÅ›era bhede vividha vibheda
tat-ekÄtma-rÅ«pe - in the form of tad-ekÄtma; vilÄsa - pastime; svÄmÅ›a - personal expansion; dui bheda - two divisions; vilÄsa - of the pastime expansion; svÄmÅ›era - of the personal expansion; bhede - by differences; vividha - various; vibheda - distinctions.
“In the tad-ekÄtma-rÅ«pa there are pastime expansions [vilÄsa] and personal expansions [svÄá¹Å›a]. Consequently there are two divisions. According to pastime and personal expansion, there are various differences.
The Lord’s vilÄsa expansions are described in the following verse from the Laghu-bhÄgavatÄmá¹›ta (1.15):
svarÅ«pam anyÄkÄraá¹ yat tasya bhÄti vilÄsataḥ
prÄyeṇÄtma-samaá¹ Å›aktyÄ sa vilÄso nigadyate
“When the Lord displays numerous forms with different features by His inconceivable potency, such forms are called vilÄsa-vigrahas.â€
The Lord’s svÄá¹Å›a expansions are also described in the Laghu-bhÄgavatÄmá¹›ta (1.17):
tÄdṛśo nyÅ«na-Å›aktiá¹ yo vyanakti svÄá¹Å›a Ä«ritaḥ
saá¹…kará¹£aṇÄdir matsyÄdir yathÄ tat-tat-svadhÄmasu
When a form of Kṛṣṇa is nondifferent from the original form but is less important and exhibits less potency, it is called svÄá¹Å›a. Examples of svÄá¹Å›a expansions can be found in the quadruple forms of the Lord residing in Their respective places, beginning with Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, VÄsudeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, and also in the puruá¹£a-avatÄras, lÄ«lÄ-avatÄras, manvantara-avatÄras and yuga-avatÄras.
