Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Chaitanya Charitāmṛta Madhya 20.258

Madhya-līlā
Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth


sahasra-patraḿ kamalaḿ
gokulākhyaḿ mahat padam
tat-karṇikāraḿ tad-dhāma
tad anantāḿśa-sambhavam

SYNONYMS

sahasra-patram — with thousands of petals; kamalam — resembling a lotus flower; gokula-ākhyam — named Gokula; mahat padam — the supreme abode; tat-karṇikāram — the whorl of that lotus flower; tat-dhāma — the abode of the Lord; tat — that; ananta-aḿśa — from the expansion of the 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, Kṛṣṇa. This lotus-shaped supreme abode is created by the will of Lord Ananta.'

PURPORT

This verse is quoted from the Brahma-saḿhitā (5.2).