246 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 6
“However,” the Lord told Sanatana, “I shall explain the chief /ila-avataras.”
matsya, kdrma, raghunatha, nrsimha, vimana
varahadi——lekha yanra nd yaya ganana
Thus the Lord’s incarnations were enumerated, including Matsya, the fish incarna-
tion; Karma, the tortoise; Lord Ramacandra; Nrsirnhadeva; Vamanadeva; and
Varaha, the boar incarnation. Thus there are innumerable /i/a-avataras, and all of
these exhibit wonderful pastimes. Lord Varaha, the boar incarnation, lifted the en-
tire planet earth from the depths of the Garbhodaka Ocean. The tortoise incarna-
tion, Lord Karma, became a pivot for the emulsification of the whole sea, and Lord
Nrsirnhadeva appeared as half-man, half-lion. These are some of the wonderful
and uncommon features of /il4-avataras.

In his book Laghu-bhagavatamrta, Srila Rapa Gosvami has enumerated the
following twenty-five /ila-avataras: Catuh-sana, Narada, Varaha, Matsya, Yajfia,
Nara-Narayana, Kapila, Dattatreya, Hayasirsa (Hayagriva), Harnsa, Prsnigarbha,
Rsabha, Prthu, Nrsirnha, Karma, Dhanvantari, Mohini, Vamana, Parasurama, Ragha-
vendra, Vyasa, Balarama, Krsna, Buddha and Kalki.

§ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is not mentioned as a /ila-avatara because He is an in-
carnation in disguise (channa-avatara). In this age of Kali there are no /ild-avataras,
but there is an incarnation of the Lord manifested in the body of Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu. This has been explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam.

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APSA BCAA HI ZaI-MASHT |
Sing GHA COlaA aes fapra soot
pratiyuge karena krsna yuga-avatdra
tarka-nistha hrdaya tomdara nahika vicara
SYNONYMS

prati-yuge—in every age or millennium; karena—makes; krsma—Lord Krsna;
yuga-avatara—incarnation for the age; tarka-nistha—hardened by argument;
hrdaya—heart; tomara—your; nahika—there is not; vicéra—consideration.

TRANSLATION

Gopinatha Acarya continued: “There is certainly an incarnation in every
age, and such an incarnation is called the yuga-avatara. But your heart has be-
come so hardened by logic and argument that you cannot consider all these
facts.
