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Šri Caitanya -caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 20]
TEXT 247
বালা , পৌরাণিক ভয় বিশ্বাসের ধর্ম ।।
এডক্লাপ লীলা  করেন ব্রাজিশালের ৮ ১৪৭ ৮৮
bālya, pauganḍa haya vigrahera dharma eta-rūpe lilā karena vrajendra-nandana
SYNONYMS
bālya —childhood;  paugaṇḍa —boyhood;  haya —there are;  vigrahera —of the Deity;  dharma —characteristics;  eta-rūpe —in so many forms;  līlā —pastimes;  karena —executes;  vrajendra-nandana —Krṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja.
TRANSLATION
“Childhood and boyhood are the typical ages of the Deity. Krṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, performed His pastimes as a child and as a boy.
TEXT 2488
অনন্ত প্রবতার কুঞ্চের , নাছিক গণন ।।
শাখা-চন্দ্ৰ-ছায় কৰি দিগন্তমান ॥ ২৪৮ ॥ ॥
ananta avatāra krṣṇera, nāhika gaṇana śākhā-candra-nyāya kari dig-daraśana
SYNONYMS
ananta —unlimited;  avatāra —incarnations;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  nāhika gaṇana —there is no possibility of counting;  śākhā-candra-nyāya —by the analogy of the moon and the branches of a tree;  kari —I make;  dik-daraśana —a slight indication.
TRANSLATION
“There are innumerable incarnations of Kṛṣṇa, and there is no possibility of counting them. We can simply indicate them by giving the example of the moon and the branches of a tree.
PURPORT
Although the moon appears to be located in the branches of a tree, it is actually situated very far away. Similarly, none of the  avatāras , or incarnations, of Lord Kṛṣṇa are within this material world, but they are visible by the causeless mercy of