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The Glories of Lord Nityananda Balarama

Cc Ādi 5.40
Text
sei para-vyome nārāyaṇera cāri pāśe
dvārakā-catur-vyūhera dvitīya prakāśe
Synonyms

sei-that; para-vyome-in the spiritual sky; nārāyaṇera-of Lord Nārāyaṇa; cāri pāśe-on four sides; dvārakā-Dvārakā; catur-vyūhera-of the quadruple expansions; dvitīya-the second; prakāśe-manifestation.

Translation

In that spiritual sky, on the four sides of Nārāyaṇa, are the second expansions of the quadruple expansions of Dvārakā.

Purport

In considering the quadruple forms of the absolute Personality of Godhead, known as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, the impersonalists, headed by Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya, have interpreted the aphorisms of the Vedānta-sūtra in a way suitable for the impersonalist school. To provide the intrinsic import of such aphorisms, however, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, the leader of the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana, has properly replied to the impersonalists in his Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta, which is a natural commentary on the aphorisms of the Vedānta-sūtra.