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The Glories of Lord Nityananda Balarama

Cc Ādi 5.41
Text
vāsudeva-saṅkarṣaṇa-pradyumnāniruddha
'dvitīya catur-vyūha' ei--turīya, viśuddha
Synonyms

vāsudeva-the expansion named Vāsudeva; saṅkarṣaṇa-the expansion named Saṅkarṣaṇa; pradyumna-the expansion named Pradyumna; aniruddha-the expansion named Aniruddha; dvitīya catuḥ-vyūha-the second quadruple expansion; ei-this; turīya-transcendental; viśuddha-free from all material contamination.

Translation

Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha constitute this second quadruple. They are purely transcendental.

Purport

In his Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (Pūrva 5.165-193), Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has refuted the charges directed against the devotees by Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya regarding their explanation of the quadruple forms Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. He says that these four expansions of Nārāyaṇa are present in the spiritual sky, where They are famous as Mahāvastha. Among Them, Vāsudeva is worshiped within the heart by meditation because He is the predominating Deity of the heart, as explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (4.3.23).