CC Madhya 20.264

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

CC Madhya 20.263

CC Madhya 20.265

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 264

māyātīta paravyome sabāra avasthāna
viśve avatari’ dhare ‘avatāra’ nāma

SYNONYMS

māyā-atīta—beyond the material nature; para-vyome—in the spiritual sky; sabāra—all of them; avasthāna—residence; viśve—within the material universe; avatari’—coming down; dhare—take; avatāra nāma—the name avatāra.

TRANSLATION

“All the expansions of Lord Kṛṣṇa are actually residents of the spiritual world. But when they descend into the material world, they are called incarnations [avatāras].