Text 369] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 209
darasana kari—let Me describe some of them; mukhya mukhya jana—who are
counted as the chief.
TRANSLATION
“There are unlimited saktyavesa-avataras of Lord Krsna. Let Me describe
the chief among them.
TEXT 368
MB Caet eH “qs, “caller? cafe |
APACS VASA ASIcH ‘agi’ fafa iow
saktyavesa dui-rjpa—‘mukhya’, ‘gauna’ dekhi
saksat-saktye ‘avatara’, abhase ‘vibhiti’ likhi
SYNONYMS
sak ti-vesa—empowered incarnations; dui-rapa—two categories; mukhya—
primary; gauna—secondary; dekhi—I see; saksat-saktye—when there is direct
power; avatara—they are called incarnations; dbhase —when there is indication;
vibhati likhi—they are called vibhdti, or possessing special favor.
TRANSLATION
“Empowered incarnations are of two types—primary and secondary. The
primary one is directly empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
and is called an incarnation. The secondary one is indirectly empowered by
the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is called vibhiti.
TEXT 369
‘HAST H, “AAM’, YY’, “HAGA |
NARA ART ACTS lA-AT | Ov |
‘sanakadi’, ‘narada’, ‘prthu’, ‘parasurama’
jiva-rdpa ‘brahmdara’ avesavatara-nama
SYNONYMS
sanaka-adi—the four Kuméaras; narada—Ndarada; prthu—Maharaja Prthu;
parasurama—Parasurama; jiva-rapa—as the living entity; brahmara—of Lord
Brahma; avesa-avatara-nama—all of them are called empowered incarnations.
