Text 7] The Descendants of King Priyavrata 77

womb of his wife, named Akati. Nakta’s wife was Druti, and from
her womb the great King Gaya was born. Gaya was very famous and
pious; he was the best of saintly kings. Lord Visnu and His expan-
sions, who are meant to protect the universe, are always situated in
the transcendental mode of goodness, known as visuddha-sattva.
Being the direct expansion of Lord Visnu, King Gaya was also situ-
ated in the visuddha-sattva. Because of this, Maharaja Gaya was
fully equipped with transcendental knowledge. Therefore he was
called Mahapurusa.
PURPORT

From this verse it appears that the incarnations of God are various.
Some are part and parcel of the direct expansions, and some are direct
expansions of Lord Visnu. A direct incarnation of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead is called amsa or svamsa, whereas an incarnation
from ama is called kala. Among the kalas there are the vibhinndmsa-
Jivas, or living entities. These are counted among the jiva-tattvas. Those
who come directly from Lord Visnu are called visnu-tattva and are some-
times designated as Mahapurusa. Another name for Krsna _ is
Mahapurusa, and a devotee is sometimes called maha-paurusika.

TEXT 7

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ama wagea awat aat alan fiaveiaana
AaaUTGAaTAssMga TRIAS: TATA
frag afaenaaer anata aaqreqamamcaaistt
PATA CATTAATTTT 91

sa vai sva-dharmena prajd-pdlana-posana-prinanopalalananusasana-
laksanenejyadina ca bhagavati mahda-puruse pardvare brahmani
sarvatmandarpita-paramartha-laksanena brahmavic-
carandnusevayapadita-bhagavad-bhakti-yogena cabhiksnasah
paribhavitati-suddha-matir uparatandtmya dtmani svayam
upalabhyamana-brahmatmanubhavo ‘pi nirabhimana evavanim
ajiigupat.
