Text 244] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 133
PURPORT
This verse is found in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.451). The Brahma mentioned
herein is not a living entity. Sometimes, when there is a scarcity of living entities to
take charge of Brahma’s post, Maha-Visnu expands Himself as Lord Brahma. This
Brahma is not considered to be a living entity; He is an expansion of Visnu.
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aate-facicna 8 Cra’ fear |
MICHA CSW ALY BA, HATA li 289 It
prakdsa-vilasera ei kailun vivarana
svamsera bheda ebe suna, sanatana
SYNONYMS
prakasa-vilasera—of pastime forms and manifestations; ei—this; kailuri—l
have made; vivarana—description; svamsera—Of personal expansions; bhede—
the differences; ebe —now; suna—please hear; sanatana—O Sanatana Gosvami.
TRANSLATION
“1 have already described the pastime and prakasa forms. Now please hear
about the different personal expansions.
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wel, TeDifes,—ge cow Sta |
HABA — ABAASIA, METIASIA SUT i 288
sankarsana, matsyddika, —dui bheda tanra
sankarsana——purusavatara, lilavatara dra
SYNONYMS
sankarsana—Sankarsana; matsya-adika—and incarnations such as the fish;
dui—two; bheda—differentiations; tahra—His; sarikarsana—Sankarsana; purusa-
avatdra—incarnations of Visnu; /ila-avatara—pastime incarnations; dra—and.
TRANSLATION
“The first personal expansion is Sankarsana, and the others are incarnations
like the fish incarnation. Sankarsana is an expansion of the Purusa, or Visnu.
The incarnations such as Matsya, the fish incarnation, appear in different
yugas for specific pastimes.
