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

TRANSLATION

“‘The Lord does not have a material body, yet He descends among human
beings in His transcendental body as an incarnation. Therefore it is very dif-
ficult for us to understand who is an incarnation. Only by His extraordinary
prowess and uncommon activities, which are impossible for embodied living
entities, can one partially understand the incarnation of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead.’

PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.10.34).

TEXT 356
AHN -MB|, MA SHAH |
GRAS ABS AB’ Tica Blast i oc ii

‘svarupa’-laksana, ara ‘tatastha-laksana’
ei dui laksane ‘vastu’ jane muni-gana

SYNONYMS

svartipa-laksana—the personal characteristics; dra—and; tatastha-laksana—the
marginal characteristics; ei dui laksame—by these two symptoms; vastu—an ob-
ject; jane—know; muni-gana—the great sages.

TRANSLATION

“By two symptoms—personal characteristics and marginal charac-
teristics—the great sages can understand an object.

TEXT 357

OUSlS, HBS, Warit,— WAA-oT HS |
Balai Bta,—Gs Sb za] 1 009 1

akrti, prakrti, svarGpa, —svarupa-laksana
karya-dvara jana, —ei tatastha-leksana

SYNONYMS
akrti—bodily features; prakrti—nature; svarGpa—form; svarupa-laksana—per-
sonal symptoms; kdrya-dvara—by activities; jfhdana—knowledge; ei—this;
tatastha-laksana—the marginal symptom.
