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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 78
যত্তপি কহিয়ে তাঁরে কৃষ্ণের ‘কলা’ করি । মৎস্ত-কুর্মাদ্যবতারের তিঁহো অবতারী ॥ ৭৮ ॥
yadyapi kahiye tāṅre kṛṣṇera ‘kalā’ kari matsya-kūrmādy-avatārera tiṅho avatārī
SYNONYMS
yadyapi —although;  kahiye —I say;  tāṅre —to Him;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kalā —part of the part;  kari —making;  matsya —the fish incarnation;  kūrma-ādi —the tortoise incarnation and others;  avatārera —of all these incarnations;  tiṅho —He;  avatārī —the original source.
TRANSLATION
Although Kṣīrōdaśāyī Viṣṇu is called a “kalā” of Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the source of Matsya, Kūrma and the other incarnations.
TEXT 79
এতে চাংশকলা: পুংস: কৃষ্ণস্ত ভগবান্ স্বয়ম্ । ইন্দ্রারি-ব্যাকুলং লোকং মৃদুয়স্তি যুগে যুগে ॥ ৭৯ ॥
ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ mṛḍayanti yuge yuge
SYNONYMS
ete —all these;  ca —also;  aṁśa-kalāḥ —part or part of the part;  puṁsaḥ —of the Supreme Person;  kṛṣṇaḥ tu —but Lord Kṛṣṇa;  bhagavān —the original Personality of Godhead;  svayam —Himself;  indra-ari —the demons;  vyākulam —disturbed;  lokam —all the planets;  mṛḍayanti —makes them happy;  yuge yuge —in different millenniums.
TRANSLATION
“All these incarnations of Godhead are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras. But Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In every age He protects the world through His different features when the world is disturbed by the enemies of Indra.”
PURPORT
This quotation is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.3.28).