CC Madhya 20.314 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 314

pālanārtha svāṁśa viṣṇu-rūpe avatāra

sattva-guṇa draṣṭā, tāte guṇa-māyā-pāra

SYNONYMS

pālana-artha—for maintenance; svāṁśa—personal plenary expansion; viṣṇu-rūpe—in the form of Lord Viṣṇu; avatāra—incarnation; sattva-guṇa—of the mode of goodness; draṣṭā—director; tāte—therefore; guṇa-māyā-pāra—transcendental to the material modes of nature.

TRANSLATION

“For the maintenance of the universe, Lord Kṛṣṇa descends as His personal plenary expansion in the form of Viṣṇu. He is the director of the mode of goodness; therefore He is transcendental to the material energy.

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