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Prabhupāda:

'bhaktye' bhagavānera anubhava—pūrṇa-rūpa eka-i vigrahe tāṅra ananta svarūpa

[Cc Madhya 20.164]

[Only by devotional activity can one understand the transcendental form of the Lord, which is perfect in all respects. Although …

By expansion of Kṛṣṇa, that is being described by Lord Caitanya. They are described in different Vedic literatures, and we …

So about the expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa, in Brahma-saṁhitā, Īśopaniṣad, there are various Vedic literatures... They are all, I mean …

svayaṁ-rūpa tad-ekātma-rūpa, āveśa—nāma prathamei tina-rūpe rahena bhagavān

[Cc Madhya 20.165]

[The Supreme Personality of Godhead exists in three principal forms—svayaṁ-rūpa, tad-ekātma-rūpa and āveśa-rūpa.]

Svayaṁ-rūpa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, He is called svayaṁ-rūpa, His personal feature. Then tad-ekātmā. So tad-ekātma-rūpa means not …

There is always difference between the individual soul and the Supreme Absolute Soul. When the individual soul is specially empowered …

svayaṁ-rūpa tad-ekātma-rūpa, āveśa—nāma prathamei tina-rūpe rahena bhagavān

[Cc Madhya 20.165]

Now, in the first instance the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, and tad-ekātmā, His next expansion with the same features, …

'svayaṁ-rūpa' 'svayaṁ-prakāśa'—dui rūpe sphūrti svayaṁ-rūpe—eka 'kṛṣṇa' vraje gopa-mūrti

[Cc Madhya 20.166]

[The original form of the Lord [svayaṁ-rūpa] is exhibited in two forms—svayaṁ-rūpa and svayaṁ-prakāśa. In His original form as svayaṁ-rūpa, …

Svayaṁ-rūpa, the supreme personal feature, and svayaṁ-prakāśa... His immediate expansion is called svayaṁ-prakāśa.

So in His svayaṁ-rūpa, in His personal feature, He always remains at Vṛndāvana, and He is just like a cowherd …

Similarly, the real Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, He never goes out of Vṛndāvana. He remains always a cowherd boy. That's …