SB 12.11.21 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse text

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

Synonyms

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are the names of the direct personal expansions of Svayam Bhagavān, O brāhmaṇa Śaunaka. After mention of the doorkeepers, the presiding deities of the directions, catur-vyūha, are now mentioned. Puruṣaḥ svayam should mean Svayam Bhagavān.