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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 20]
TRANSLATION
“O Sanātana, I have definitively described the three puruṣa-avatāras of Viṣṇu. Now please hear from Me about the pastime incarnations.
TEXT 297
লীলাবতার কুষ্ণের না যায় গণন । 
  প্রধান করিয়া কহি দিগ্দরশন ॥ ২৯৭ ॥
lilāvatāra kṛṣṇera nā yāya gaṇana 
  pradhāna kariyā kahi dig-daraśana
SYNONYMS
lilā-avatāra —incarnations for pastimes;  kṛṣṇera —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  nā yāya gaṇana —are not countable;  pradhāna kariyā —chiefly;  kahi —let me describe;  dik-daraśana —by a sample direction.
TRANSLATION
“No one can count the innumerable pastime incarnations of Lord Kṛṣṇa, but I shall describe the principal ones.
TEXT 298
মৎস্য, কুর্ম, রঘুনাথ, নৃসিংহ, বামন । 
  বরাহাদি—লেখা যার না যায় গণন ॥ ২৯৮ ॥
matsya, kūrma, raghunātha, nṛṣiṁha, vāmana 
  varāhādi — lekhā yāṅra nā yāya gaṇana
SYNONYMS
matsya —the fish incarnation;  kūrma —the tortoise incarnation;  raghunātha —Lord Rāmacandra;  nṛṣiṁha —the man-lion incarnation;  vāmana —the dwarf incarnation;  varāha-ādi —the hog incarnation and others;  lekhā —describing;  yāṅra —of which incarnations;  nā yāya gaṇana —cannot be counted.
TRANSLATION
“Some of the pastime incarnations are the fish incarnation, the tortoise incarnation, Lord Rāmacandra, Lord Nṛṣiṁha, Lord Vāmana, and Lord Varāha. There is no end to them.