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The Spiritual Masters

Cc Ādi 1.77
Text
svarūpam anyākāraṁ yat
tasya bhāti vilāsataḥ
prāyeṇātma-samaṁ śaktyā
sa vilāso nigadyate
Synonyms

sva-rūpam-the Lord's own form; anya-other; ākāram-features of the body; yat-which; tasya-His; bhāti-appears; vilāsataḥ-from particular pastimes; prāyena-almost; ātma-samam-self-similar; śaktyā-by His potency; saḥ-that; vilāsaḥ-the vilāsa (pastime) form; nigadyate-is called.

Translation

"When the Lord displays numerous forms with different features by His inconceivable potency, such forms are called vilāsa-vigrahas."

Purport

This is another quotation from the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.15).