Madhya 20.258

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সহস্রপত্রং কমলং গোকুলাখ্যং মহৎপদম্ ।
তৎকর্ণিকারং তদ্ধাম তদনন্তাংশসম্ভবম্ ॥ ২৫৮ ॥

sahasra-patram kamalam

gokulakhyam mahat-padam

tat-karnikaram tad-dhama

tad anantamsa-sambhavam

SYNONYMS

sahasra-patram-with thousands of petals; kamalam-resembling a lotus flower; gokula-akhyam-named Gokula; mahat-padam-the supreme abode; tat-karnikaram-the whorl of that lotus flower; tat-dhama-the abode of the Lord; tat-that; ananta-amsa-from the expansion of energy of Ananta; sambhavam-creation.

TRANSLATION

" 'Gokula, the supreme abode and planet, appears like a lotus flower that has a thousand petals. The whorl of that lotus is the abode of the Supreme Lord, Krsna. This lotus-shaped supreme abode is created by the will of Lord Ananta.'

PURPORT

This verse is quoted from Brahma-samhita (5.2)

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