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

TRANSLATION

“O Sanatana, | have definitively described the three purusa-avataras of
Visnu. Now please hear from Me about the pastime incarnations.

TEXT 297

are awSta SLWA Al AA stetey |
eter sire Bhs fasta 259 1

lilavatara krsnera na yaya ganana
pradhana kariya kahi dig-darasana

SYNONYMS
lila-avatara—incarnations for pastimes; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; na yaya
ganana—are not countable; pradhana kariya—chiefly; kahi—let me describe;
dik-darasana—by a sample direction.

TRANSLATION

“‘No one can count the innumerable pastime incarnations of Lord Krsna, but
| shall describe the principal ones.

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TED, FA, ATA, FHS, AAA |
aatetie— che BF a Ata ststat | QoE UI

matsya, karma, raghunatha, nrsirnha, vamana
varahadi —lekha yanra na ydya ganana

SYNONYMS

matsya—the fish incarnation; kGrma—the tortoise incarnation; raghunatha—
Lord Ramacandra; nrsirnha—the man-lion incarnation; vamana—the dwarf incar-
nation; varaha-adi—the hog incarnation and others; lekha—describing; yanra—
of which incarnations; nd yaya ganana—cannot be counted.

TRANSLATION

“Some of the pastime incarnations are the fish incarnation, the tortoise in-
carnation, Lord Ramacandra, Lord Nrsirmha, Lord Vamana, and Lord Varaha.
There is no end to them.
