Text 27] Krsna Is the Source of All Incarnations 165
PURPORT

The list of incarnations of the Personality of Godhead given herein is
not complete. It is only a partial view of all the incarnations. There are
many others, such as Sri Hayagriva, Hari, Hamsa, Prsnigarbha, Vibhu,
Satyasena, Vaikuntha, Sarvabhauma, Visvaksena, Dharmasetu, Sudhama,
Yogegvara, Brhadbhanu, etc., in the bygone ages. Sri Prahlada Maharaja
said in his prayer, “My Lord, You manifest in as many incarnations as
there are species of life, namely the aquatics, the vegetables, the reptiles,
the birds, the beasts, the men, the demigods, etc., just for the maintenance
of the faithful and the annihilation of the unfaithful. You advent Yourself
in this way in accordance with the necessity of the different yugas. In the
Kali-yuga You have incarnated garbed as a devotee.” This incarnation of
the Lord in the Kali-yuga is Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. There are many
other places, both in the Bhagavatam and other scriptures, in which the
incarnation of the Lord as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is explicitly men-
tioned. In the Brahma-samhita also it is said indirectly that although there
are many incarnations of the Lord, such as Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha, Matsya,
Kirma and many others, the Lord Himself sometimes incarnates in person.
Lord Krsna and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are not, therefore, incar-
nations, but the original source of all other incarnations. This will be
clearly explained in the next sloka. So the Lord is the inexhaustible source
for innumerable incarnations which are not always mentioned. But such
incarnations are distinguished by specific extraordinary feats which are
impossible to be performed by any living being. That is the general test to
identify an incarnation of the Lord directly and indirectly empowered.
Some incarnations mentioned above are almost plenary portions. For in-
stance, the Kumaras are empowered with transcendental knowledge. Sri
Narada is empowered with devotional service. Maharaja Prthu is an em-
powered incarnation with executive function. The Matsya incarnation is
directly a plenary portion. So the innumerable incarnations of the Lord are
manifested all over the universes constantly without cessation, as water
flows constantly from waterfalls.

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