136 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 20
TEXT 247
ain, coilse an facies af |
SHCA AAT CAA ACHAMAMA | 289 1
balya, pauganda haya vigrahera dharma
eta-rupe lila karena vrajendra-nandana
SYNONYMS
balya—childhood; pauganda—boyhood; haya—there are; vigrahera—of the
Deity; dharma—characteristics; eta-rdpe—in so many forms; lila—pastimes;
karena—executes; vrajendra-nandana—Krsna, the son of Nanda Maharaja.
TRANSLATION
“Childhood and boyhood are the typical ages of the Deity. Krsna, the son of
Maharaja Nanda, performed His pastimes as a child and as a boy.
TEXT 248
GAB ASIA SOWA, ASS sista |
sial-oee-oin ofa farstmaste hi a8e I
ananta avatara krsnera, nahika ganana
sakha-candra-nyaya kari dig-darasana
SYNONYMS
ananta—unlimited; avatara—incarnations; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; ndahika
ganana—there is no possibility of counting; sakha-candra-nyaya—by the analogy
of the moon and the branches of a tree; kari—l make; dik-darasana—a slight in-
dication.
TRANSLATION
“There are innumerable incarnations of Krsna, and there is no possibility of
counting them. We can simply indicate them by giving the example of the
moon and the branches of a tree.
PURPORT
Although the moon appears to be located in the branches of a tree, it is actually
situated very far away. Similarly, none of the avatdras, or incarnations, of Lord
Krsna are within this material world, but they are visible by the causeless mercy of
