CC Madhya 20.221
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20, Text 221
অস্ত্রধৃতি-ভেদ — নাম-ভেদের কারণ ।
চক্রাদি-ধারণ-ভেদ শুন, সনাতন ॥ ২২১ ॥
চক্রাদি-ধারণ-ভেদ শুন, সনাতন ॥ ২২১ ॥
astra-dhṛti-bheda — nāma-bhedera kāraṇa
cakrādi-dhāraṇa-bheda śuna, sanātana
cakrādi-dhāraṇa-bheda śuna, sanātana
Word by word
astra-dhṛti — of holding the weapons; bheda — difference; nāma-bhedera — of differences of names; kāraṇa — the cause; cakra-ādi — of weapons, beginning with the disc; dhāraṇa — of holding; bheda — differences; śuna — please hear; sanātana — O Sanātana.
Translation
“My dear Sanātana, just hear from Me as I tell you how the different viṣṇu-mūrtis hold Their weapons, beginning with the disc, and how They are named differently according to the placement of the weapons in Their hands.”