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siddhartha-samhita kare cabbisa murti ganana

tara mate kahi age cakradi-dharana

SYNONYMS

siddhartha-samhita—the revealed scripture named Siddhartha-samhita; kare—does; cabbisa—twenty-four; murti—forms; ganana—counting; tara mate—according to the opinion of Siddhartha-samhita; kahi—I shall describe; age—first; cakra-adi-dharana—holding of the weapons, beginning with the disc "According to the Siddhartha-samhita there are twenty-four forms of Lord Visnu.

First I shall describe, according to the opinion of that book, the location of the weapons, beginning with the disc.

PURPORT

The twenty-four forms are (1) Vasudeva, (2) Sankarsana, (3) Pradyumna, (4) Aniruddha, (5) Kesava, (6) Narayana, (7) Madhava, (8) Govinda, (9) Visnu, (10) Madhusudana, (11) Trivikrama, (12) Vamana, (13) Sridhara, (14) Hrsikesa, (15) Padmanabha, (16) Damodara, (17) Purusottama, (18) Acyuta, (19) Nrsimha, (20) Janardana, (21) Hari, (22) Krsna, (23) Adhoksaja and (24) Upendra.