Text 99] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 245

sei dui kahe kalite saksat-avatara
tumi kaha, —kalite nahi visnura pracara

SYNONYMS
sei—those; dui—two; kahe—say; kalite—in this age of Kali; saksat—direct;
avatéra—incarnation; tumi—you; kaha—say; kalite—in this age of Kali; nahi—
there is not; visnura—of Lord Visnu; pracara—manifestation.

TRANSLATION

“In Srimad-Bhagavatam and Mahabharata it is stated that the Lord appears
directly, but you say that in this age there is no manifestation or incarnation of
Lord Visnu.

TEXT 99

sfarycst arenaeis a Sea STATA |
wea ‘fag’ sy fe Sta AT dd Ul

kali-yuge lilavatara na kare bhagavan
ataeva ‘tri-yuga’ kari’ kahi tara nama

SYNONYMS
kali-yuge—in this age of Kali; lilé-avatara—a pastime incarnation; néa—not;
kare—does; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ataeva—
therefore; tri-yuga—of the name Triyuga (manifested in three yugas); kari’—ac-
cepting; kahi—I say; tara nama—His holy name.

TRANSLATION

“In this age of Kali there is no lila-avatara of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; therefore He is known as Triyuga. That is one of His holy names.”

PURPORT

A lila-avatara is an incarnation of the Lord who performs a variety of activities
without making any special endeavor. He always has one pastime after another, all
full of transcendental pleasure, and these pastimes are fully controlled by the
Supreme Person. The Supreme Person is totally independent of all others in these
pastimes. While teaching Sanatana Gosvami (Cc. Madhya 20.296-298), Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu pointed out that one cannot count the number of /ild-
avataras:

lilavatéra krsnera nd yaya ganana
pradhana kariyd kahi dig-darasana
