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The Lord Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī
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PURPORT
This verse is found in the  Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta  (1.451). The Brahmā mentioned herein is not a living entity. Sometimes, when there is a scarcity of living entities to take charge of Brahmā's post, Mahā-Viṣṇu expands Himself as Lord Brahmā. This Brahmā is not considered to be a living entity; He is an expansion of Viṣṇu.
TEXT 243
প্রকাশ-বিলাসের এই কৈলু বিবরণ।
স্বাংশের ভেদ এবে শুন, সনাতন ॥ ২৪৩ ॥
prakāśa-vilāsera ei kailuṅ vivaraṇa svāṁśera bheda ebe śuna, sanātana
SYNONYMS
prakāśa-vilāsera —of pastime forms and manifestations;  ei —this;  kailuṅ —I have made;  vivaraṇa —description;  svāṁśera —of personal expansions;  bhede —the differences;  ebe —now;  śuna —please hear;  sanātana —O Sanātana Gosvāmī.
TRANSLATION
“I have already described the pastime and  prakāśa  forms. Now please hear about the different personal expansions.
TEXT 244
সন্ধর্ষণ, মৎস্যাদিক,—দুই ভেদ তাঁর।
সন্ধর্ষণ—পুরুষাবতার, লীলাবতার আর ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
saṅkarṣaṇa, matsyādika, — dui bheda tāṅra saṅkarṣaṇa — puruṣāvatāra, lilāvatāra āra
SYNONYMS
saṅkarṣaṇa —Saṅkarṣaṇa;  matsya-ādika —and incarnations such as the fish;  dui —two;  bheda —differentiations;  tāṅra —His;  saṅkarṣaṇa —Saṅkarṣaṇa;  puruṣa-avatāra —incarnations of Viṣṇu;  lilā-avatāra —pastime incarnations;  āra —and.
TRANSLATION
“The first personal expansion is Saṅkarṣaṇa, and the others are incarnations like the fish incarnation. Saṅkarṣaṇa is an expansion of the Puruṣa, or Viṣṇu. The incarnations such as Matsya, the fish incarnation, appear in different yugas for specific pastimes.