SB 12.11.21 • मूल श्लोक

वासुदेव: सङ्कर्षण: प्रद्युम्न: पुरुष: स्वयम् । अनिरुद्ध इति ब्रह्मन् मूर्तिव्यूहोऽभिधीयते ॥ २१ ॥

Transliteration

vāsudevaḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥ pradyumnaḥ puruṣaḥ svayam aniruddha iti brahman mūrti-vyūho ’bhidhīyate

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

vāsudevaḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥ pradyumnaḥ — Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa and Pradyumna; puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; svayam — Himself; aniruddhaḥ — Aniruddha; iti — thus; brahman — O brāhmaṇa, Śaunaka; mūrti-vyūhaḥ — the expansion of personal forms; abhidhīyate — is designated.

Translation

“Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are the names of the direct personal expansions of the Supreme Godhead, O brāhmaṇa Śaunaka.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda