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CHAPTER THREE
Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations  135
Puruṣa  Incarnations: the Cause of Matter and the Material World 136
From Him Brahmā Is Manifested 137
Description of the Universal Form 139
Short Description of Various Incarnations 142
1st: Kumāras Incarnation 144
2nd: Sukara Incarnation 145
3rd: Nārada Incarnation 146
4th: Nara Nārāyaṇa Incarnation 147
5th: Kapila, the Author of Sāṅkhya Philosophy 148
6th: Dattātreya Incarnation 149
7th: Yajña Incarnation 149
8th: Rṣabha Incarnation 151
9th: Pṛthu Incarnation 152
10th: Mātsya Incarnation 153
11th: Kūrma Incarnation 154
12th: Dhanvantari Incarnation 155
13th: Mohirū Incarnation 155
14th: Nṛsiṁha Incarnation 155
15th: Vāmana Incarnation 156
16th: Bhṛgupati (Paraśurāma) Incarnation 157
17th: Vyāsadeva Incarnation 157
18th: Rāma Incarnation 158
19th: Balarāma Incarnation 160
20th: Kṛṣṇa Incarnation 160
21st: Buddha Deva Incarnation 161
22nd: Kalki Incarnation 164
Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Original Personality of Godhead 167
His  Virāṭa-rūpa , an Imagination 171