# Cc. Madhya 20.258 ## Text > sahasra-patraṁ kamalaṁ > gokulākhyaṁ mahat-padam > tat-karṇikāraṁ tad-dhāma > tad anantāṁśa-sambhavam ## Synonyms *sahasra*-*patram*—with thousands of petals; *kamalam*—resembling a lotus flower; *gokula*-*ākhyam*—named Gokula; *mahat*-*padam*—the supreme abode; *tat*-*karṇikāram*—the whorl of that lotus flower; *tat*-*dhāma*—the abode of the Lord; *tat*—that; *ananta*-*aṁśa*—from the expansion of energy of Ananta; *sambhavam*—creation. ## Translation **“ 'Gokula, the supreme abode and planet, appears like a lotus flower that has a thousand petals. The whorl of that lotus is the abode of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. This lotus-shaped supreme abode is created by the will of Lord Ananta.'** ## Purport This verse is quoted from *Brahma-saṁhitā* (5.2).