Antya-līlāChapter 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhatta

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Antya 7.15

santv avatārā bahavah

pushkara-nābhasya sarvato-bhadrāh

krishnād anyah ko latāsv

api prema-do bhavati"

SYNONYMS

santu — let there be; avatārāh — incarnations; bahavah — many; pushkara-nābhasya — of the Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower; sarvatah bhadrāh — completely auspicious; krishnāt — than Lord Krishna; anyah — other; kah — who possibly; latāsu — on the surrendered souls; api — also; prema-dah — the bestower of love; bhavati — is.

TRANSLATION

"'There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Śrī Krishna can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?'"

PURPORT

This is a verse written by Bilvamańgala Thākura. It is quoted by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Laghu-bhāgavatāmrita (1.5.37).

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