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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 1.71",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 1.71",
  "label":"Text 71",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.71",
  "description":"\"It is astounding that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is one without a second, expanded Himself in sixteen thousand similar forms to marry sixteen thousand queens in their respective homes.\""

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Cc. Ādi 1.71

Text

citraṁ bataitad ekena
vapuṣā yugapat pṛthak
gṛheṣu dvy-aṣṭa-sāhasraṁ
striya eka udāvahat

Synonyms

citram—wonderful; bata—oh; etat—this; ekena—with one; vapuṣā—form; yugapat—simultaneously; pṛthak—separately; gṛheṣu—in the houses; dvi-aṣṭa-sāhasram—sixteen thousand; striyaḥ—all the queens; ekaḥ—the one Śrī Kṛṣṇa; udāvahat—married.

Translation

“It is astounding that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is one without a second, expanded Himself in sixteen thousand similar forms to marry sixteen thousand queens in their respective homes.”

Purport

This verse is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.69.2).