440 Sri Caitanya-caritamyta

SYNONYMS

ddya-avatara—the original incarnation; mahd-purusa—Lord Maha-Visnu; bhagavdn
—the Personality of Godhead; sarva-avatdra-bija—the seed of all different kinds of
incarnations; sarva-GSraya-dhdma-—the shelter of everything.

TRANSLATION

That Maha-purusa is identical with the Personality of Godhead. He is the original
incarnation, the seed of all others, and the shelter of everything.

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ddyo ’vatarah purusah parasya

kdlah svabhavah sad-asan-manas ca
dravyam vikdro guna indriyéni

virat svardt sthdsnu carisnu bhamnah

SYNONYMS

ddyafi avatdrah—original incarnation; purusah—the Lord; parasya—of the
Supreme; kd/ah—time; svabhdvah—nature; sat-asat—cause and effect; manah ca—as
well as the mind; dravyam—the five elements; vikdrah—transformation or the false
ego; gunafi—modes of nature; indriydni—senses; virdt—the universal form; svardt—
complete independence; sthdsnu—immovable; carisnu—movable; bhimnah—of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

“The purusa is the primary incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Time, nature, prakrti (as cause and effect), the mind, the material elements, false
ego, the modes of nature, the senses, the universal form, complete independence
and the moving and nonmoving beings appear subsequently as His opulences.”

PURPORT

Describing the incarnations and their symptoms, the Laghu-bhdgavatdmrsta has
stated that when Lord Krsna descends to conduct the creative affairs of the material
manifestation, He is an avatdra, or incarnation. The two categories of avatdras are
empowered devotees and tad-ekdtma-ripa (the Lord Himself). An example of
