Ādi 1.69-70

TEXTS 69-70

TEXT

একই বিগ্রহ যদি হয় বহুরূপ ।
আকারে ত' ভেদ নাহি, একই স্বরূপ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
মহিষী-বিবাহে, যৈছে যৈছে কৈল রাস ।
ইহাকে কহিয়ে কৃষ্ণের মুখ্য 'প্রকাশ' ॥ ৭০ ॥

eka-i vigraha yadi haya bahu-rupa

akare ta' bheda nahi, eka-i svarupa

mahisi-vivahe, yaiche yaiche kaila rasa

ihake kahiye krsnera mukhya 'prakasa'

SYNONYMS

eka-i-the same one; vigraha-person; yadi-if; haya-becomes; bahu-rupa-many forms; akare-in appearance; ta'-certainly; bheda-difference; nahi-there is not; eka-i-one; sva-rupa-identity; mahisi-with the queens of Dvaraka; vivahe-in the marriage; yaiche yaiche-in a similar way; kaila-He did; rasa-rasa dance; ihake-this; kahiye-I say; krsnera-of Krsna; mukhya-principal; prakasa-manifested; forms.

TRANSLATION

When the Personality of Godhead expands Himself in many forms, all nondifferent in Their features, as Lord Krsna did when He married sixteen thousand queens and when He performed His rasa dance, such forms of the Lord are called manifested forms.