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| Adi-lila | Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 4.11-12
narayana, catur-vyuha, matsyady-avatara
yuga-manvantaravatara, yata ache ara
sabe asi' krsna-ange haya avatirna
aiche avatare krsna bhagavan purna
SYNONYMS
narayana -- Lord Narayana; catuh-vyuha -- the four expansions; matsya-adi -- beginning with Matsya; avatara -- the incarnations; yuga-manv-antara-avatara -- the yuga and manv-antara incarnations; yata -- as many as; ache -- there are; ara -- other; sabe -- all; asi' -- coming; krsna-ange -- in the body of Lord Krsna; haya -- are; avatirna -- incarnated; aiche -- in this way; avatare -- incarnates; krsna -- Lord Krsna; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; purna -- full.
TRANSLATION
Lord Narayana, the four primary expansions [Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha], Matsya and the other lila incarnations, the yuga-avataras, the manv-antara incarnations and as many other incarnations as there are -- all descend in the body of Lord Krsna. In this way the complete Supreme Godhead, Lord Krsna Himself, appears.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness