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

TRANSLATION

“Some SaktyaveSa-avataras are the four Kumaras, Narada, Maharaja Prthu
and Parasurama. When a living being is empowered to act as Lord Brahma, he
is also considered a SaktyaveSa-avatara.

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vaikunthe ‘sesa’——dhara dharaye ‘ananta’
ei mukhyavesdvatéra—-vistare nahi anta

SYNONYMS

vaikunthe—in the spiritual world; sesa—Lord Sesa; dhara dharaye —carries in-
numerable planets; ananta—Ananta; ei—these; mukhya-avesa-avatara—primary
directly empowered incarnations; vistare—in expanding them; nahi—there is
not; anta—limit.

TRANSLATION

“Lord Sesa in the spiritual world of Vaikuntha and, in the material world,
Lord Ananta, who carries innumerable planets on His hood, are two primary
empowered incarnations. There is no need to count the others, for they are
unlimited.

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sanakadye ‘jfana’-sakti, narade sakti ‘bhakti’
brahmaya ‘srsti’-sakti, anante ‘bhi-dharana’-sakti

SYNONYMS
sanaka-adye—in the four Kumaras; jfAdna-sakti—the power of knowledge;
nérade—in Narada Muni; sakti—the power; bhakti—of devotional service;
brahmaya—in Lord Brahma; srsti-sakti—the power of creation; anante—in Lord
Ananta; bhi-dharana-sakti—the power to carry the planets.

TRANSLATION

“The power of knowledge was invested in the four Kumaras, and the power
of devotional service was invested in Narada. The power of creation was in-
