Madhya 20.175

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TEXT
বৈভবপ্রকাশ যৈছে দেবকী-তনুজ ।
দ্বিভুজ-স্বরূপ কভু, কভু হয় চতুর্ভুজ ॥ ১৭৫ ॥
vaibhava-prakasa yaiche devaki-tanuja
dvibhuja-svarupa kabhu, kabhu haya caturbhuja
SYNONYMS
vaibhava-prakasa-the feature of vaibhava-prakasa; yaiche-just as; devaki-tanuja-the son of Devaki; dvi-bhuja-two-handed; svarupa-form; kabhu-sometimes; kabhu-sometimes; haya-is; catuh-bhuja-four-handed.
TRANSLATION
"An example of vaibhava-prakasa is the son of Devaki. He sometimes has two hands and sometimes four hands.
When Lord Krsna took His birth, He appeared outside the womb as four-handed Visnu. Then Devaki and Vasudeva offered their prayers to Him and asked Him to assume His two-handed form. The Lord immediately assumed His two-handed form and ordered that He be transferred to Gokula on the other side of the River Yamuna.