स पुनश्चतुर्विधः स्याद्धीरोदात्तश्च धीरललितश्च ।
धीरप्रशान्तनामा तथैव धीरोद्धतः कथितः ॥
बहुविधगुणक्रियाणामास्पदभूतस्य पद्मनाभस्य ।
तत्तल्लीलाभेदाद्विरुध्यते न हि चतुर्विधाः ॥
sa punaś caturvidhaḥ syād dhīrodāttaś ca dhīra-lalitaś ca |
dhīra-praśānta-nāmā tathaiva dhīroddhataḥ kathitaḥ ||
bahuvidha-guṇa-kriyāṇām āspada-bhūtasya padmanābhasya |
tat-tal-līlā-bhedād virudhyate na hi catur-vidhāḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.224–225)
“He [i.e., Kṛṣṇa,] is also [classed to be] of four types, which are described by the names dhīrodātta, dhīra-lalita, dhīra-praśānta, and dhīroddhata. Because of the differences between the various līlās of he of lotus navel [i.e., Kṛṣṇa], who is an abode of numerous types of qualities and activities, these four types [of classification of him] are not contradictory [i.e., he can display the characteristics of all four types of nāyakas at various times].”