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The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhattācārya
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sei dui kahe kalite sākṣāt-avatāra tumi kaha,—kalite nāhi viṣṇura pracāra
SYNONYMS
sei —those;  dui —two;  kahe —say;  kalite —in this age of Kali;  sākṣāt —direct;  avatāra —incarnation;  tumi —you;  kaha —say;  kalite —in this age of Kali;  nāhi —there is not;  viṣṇura —of Lord Viṣṇu;  pracāra —manifestation.
TRANSLATION
“In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Mahābhārata it is stated that the Lord appears directly, but you say that in this age there is no manifestation or incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu.
TEXT 99
কলিযুগে লীলাবতার না করে ভগবান্ । অতএব ‘ত্রিযুগ’ করি’ কহি তার নাম ॥ ৯৯ ॥
kali-yuge lilävatāra nā kare bhagavān ataeva ‘tri-yuga’ kari’ kahi tāra nāma
SYNONYMS
kali-yuge —in this age of Kali;  līlā-avatāra —a pastime incarnation;  nā —not;  kare —does;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ataeva —therefore;  tri-yuga —of the name Triyuga (manifested in three  yugas );  kari' —accepting;  kahi —I say;  tāra nāma —His holy name.
TRANSLATION
“In this age of Kali there is no lilā-avatāra of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore He is known as Triyuga. That is one of His holy names.”
PURPORT
A lilā-avatāra  is an incarnation of the Lord who performs a variety of activities without making any special endeavor. He always has one pastime after another, all full of transcendental pleasure, and these pastimes are fully controlled by the Supreme Person. The Supreme Person is totally independent of all others in these pastimes. While teaching Sanātana Gosvāmī (Cc.  Madhya  20.296-298), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu pointed out that one cannot count the number of  lilā-avatāras :
lilāvatāra krṣṇera nā yāya gaṇana pradhāna kariyā kahi dig-daraśana