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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇake —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kahaye —says;  keha —someone;  nara-nārāyaṇa —Nara-Nārāyaṇa;  keho —someone;  kahe —says;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  haya —is;  sākṣāt —directly;  vāmana —Lord Vāmana.
TRANSLATION
Some say that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is directly Nara-Nārāyaṇa. Others say that He is directly Vāmana.
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কেহো কহে, কৃষ্ণ ক্বীরোদশায়ী অবতার ।
অসম্ভব নহে, সত্য বচন সবার ॥ ১১৪ ॥
keho kahe, kṛṣṇa kṣīroda-śāyī avatāra asambhava nahe, satya vacana sabāra
SYNONYMS
keho —someone;  kahe —says;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kṣīroda-śāyī —Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu;  avatāra —incarnation;  asambhava —impossible;  nahe —is not;  satya —true;  vacana —speeches;  sabāra —of all.
TRANSLATION
Some say that Kṛṣṇa is the incarnation of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. None of these statements is impossible; each is as correct as the others.
PURPORT
The  Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta  states:
ataeva purāṇādau kecin nara-sakhātmatām mahendrānujatām kecit kecit kṣīrābdhi-śāyitām sahasra-śīrṣatām kecit kecid vaikuṇṭha-nāthatām brūyuḥ kṛṣṇasya munayas tat-tad-vṛtty-anugāminaḥ  ( Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta 5.383 )
“According to the intimate relationships between Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the primeval Lord, and His devotees, the  Purāṇas  describe Him by various names. Sometimes He is called Nārāyaṇa; sometimes Upendra (Vāmana), the younger brother of Indra, King of heaven; and sometimes Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Sometimes He is called the thousand-hooded Śeṣa Nāga and sometimes the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha.”
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কেহো কহে, পরব্যোমে নারায়ণ হরি ।
সকল সম্ভবে কৃষ্ণে, যাতে অবতারী ॥ ১১৫ ॥