Qualities of Krsna Further Explained
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Lord has saved the  Vedas  in His form as a fish, and He has borne the whole universe on His back in the form of a tortoise. He has picked up this earthly planet from the water in the form of a boar. He has killed Hiraṇyakaśipu in the form of Nṛsiṁha. He has cheated Mahārāj Bali in the form of Vāmana. He has annihilated all the dynasties of the  kṣatriyas  in the form of Paraśurāma. He has killed all the demons in the form of Lord Rāma. He has accepted the great plow in the form of Balarāma. He has annihilated all the atheistic persons in the form of Kalki. And He has saved all the poor animals in the form of Lord Buddha.”* These are some of the descriptions of the incarnations emanating from Kṛṣṇa, and from the  Śrīmad-Bhagāvatam  it is understood that innumerable incarnations are always coming out from the body of Kṛṣṇa, just like waves in the ocean. No one can even count how many waves there are, and similarly no one can count how many incarnations are coming from the Lord’s body.
59.  Krsna  Gives Salvation to the Enemies that He Kills.
Another name for salvation is  apavarga .  Apavarga  is the opposite of  pavarga , or the various miserable conditions of material existence.  Pavarga  consists of the combinations of five letters:  pa ,  pha ,  ba ,  bha , and  ma . These letters are the first letters of the words for five different conditions as described below. The first letter,  pa , comes from the word  parābhava , which means “defeat.” In this material struggle for existence, we are simply meeting defeat. Actually, we have to conquer birth, death, disease and old age, and because there is no possibility of overcoming all these miserable conditions, due to the illusion of  māyā , we are simply meeting with  parābhava , or defeat. The next letter,  pha , is taken from the word  phenila .  Phenila  is the foam which is found on the mouth when one is very tired (as is commonly observed with horses). The letter  ba  comes from the word  bandha , or bondage.  Bha  is taken from the word  bhīti , or fearfulness.  Ma  is taken from the word  mṛti , or death. So the word  pavarga
* All of these incarnations of Godhead are described in the author's  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Volume I, Chapter 3.