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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 …

[Cc Madhya 20.165]

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 …

[Cc Madhya 20.165]

[Cc Madhya 20.166]

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 …

[Bs 5.29]

Surabhī means transcendental cows. He is engaged in that pastime. So svayaṁ-rūpa eka kṛṣṇa vraje gopa-mūrti. Gopa-mūrti means cowherd boy.

[Cc Madhya 20.167]

Then prakāśa, expansion. From expansion, there are two kinds of division: prābhava and vaibhava. So prābhava, what is the prābhava …

The rāsa dance, that is described in the Thirty-second Chapter of the Tenth Canto in Bhaga..., Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Five chapters, from …

So the girls who were friends of Kṛṣṇa, they always prayed to different demigods, Lord Śiva, that "Kṛṣṇa may be …

So Kṛṣṇa, to fulfill their desire, He blew on His flute on a nice moonlight night, and all the gopīs, …

In the rāsa dance there were hundreds of gopīs, but Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself to dance with each one of them. …

[Cc Madhya 20.167]