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Šššš  Calitanva-caritāmuta
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reservoir of spiritual energy;  dvijāḥ —O  brāhmaṇas ;  yathā —as;  avidāsinaḥ —containing a great reservoir of water;  kulyāḥ —small ponds;  sarasaḥ —from a lake;  syuh —must be;  sahasraśah —by hundreds and thousands of times.
TRANSLATION
“‘O learned brāhmaṇas, just as hundreds and thousands of small ponds issue from great reservoirs of water, innumerable incarnations flow from Śrī Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the reservoir of all power.’
PURPORT
This verse is quoted from  Śrimad-Bhāgavatam  (1.3.26).
TEXT 2500
প্রথমেই   করে  কৃষ্ণ “পুরুষাবতার” । সেইত পুরুষ হয় ত্রিবিধ প্রকার ॥ ২৫০ ॥
prathamei kare krṣṇa ‘puruṣāvatāra’ seita puruṣa haya trividha prakāra
SYNONYMS
prathamei  —in the beginning;  kare  —does;  kṛṣṇa  —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  puruṣa-avatāra  —the incarnation of the three Viṣṇus (Mahā-Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu);  seita  —that;  puruṣa  —Viṣṇu;  haya  —becomes;  tri-vidha pra-kāra  —three different manifestations.
TRANSLATION
“In the beginning, Krṣṇa incarnates Himself as puruṣa-avatāras, or Viṣṇu incarnations. These are of three types.
PURPORT
Up to this verse, the many types of expansions have been described. Now the manifestations of the Lord's different potencies will be described.
TEXT 2511
বিষ্ণোস্তু ত্রীণি রূপাণি পুরুষাঋ্যাত্মথো বিদ্ব্যু   : । 
 একস্তু মহত্ত: স্রষ্টৃ দ্বিতীয়: ত্বণ্ডসংস্থিতম্ । 
 তৃতীয়: সর্বভূতস্থং তানি জ্ঞাত্বা বিমুচ্যতে ॥ ২৫১ ॥
vişnos tu trīni rūpāņi purusākhyāny atho viduḥ