138 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 20

reservoir of spiritual energy; dvijah—O bréhmanas; yatha—as; avidasinah—con-
taining a great reservoir of water; kulyah—small ponds; sarasah—from a lake;
syuh—must be; sahasrasah—by hundreds and thousands of times.

TRANSLATION

“‘O learned brahmanas, just as hundreds and thousands of small ponds
issue from great reservoirs of water, innumerable incarnations flow from Sri
Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the reservoir of all power.’

PURPORT
This verse is quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.3.26).

TEXT 250
AAS SLA FB “YPAATIA’ |
CARS wy ay fafay Sista n reo

prathamei kare krsna ‘purusavatara’
seita purusa haya trividha prakara

SYNONYMS
prathamei—in the beginning; kare—does; krsna—Lord Krsna; purusa-avatara—
the incarnation of the three Visnus (Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and
KsirodakaSayi Visnu); seita—that; purusa—Visnu; haya—becomes; tri-vidha pra-
kara—three different manifestations.

TRANSLATION

“In the beginning, Krsna incarnates Himself as purusa-avataras, or Visnu in-
carnations. These are of three types.

PURPORT

Up to this verse, the many types of expansions have been described. Now the
manifestations of the Lord's different potencies will be described.

TEXT 251
facere aia artis teatatacal fag |

FS ART BE FAST WOAH Ey |

BSR ATSSR Sti BIG fayeses res

visnos tu trini rapani
purusakhydany atho viduh
