CC Adi 6.98
TEXT 98
eka-mātra ‘aṁśī’—kṛṣṇa, ‘aṁśa’—avatāra
aṁśī aṁśe dekhi jyeṣṭha-kaniṣṭha-ācāra
SYNONYMS
eka-mātra—only one; aṁśī—source of all incarnations; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; aṁśa—of the part; avatāra—incarnations; aṁśī—is the source of all incarnations; aṁśe—in the incarnation; dekhi—we can see; jyeṣṭha—as superior; kaniṣṭha—and inferior; ācāra—behavior.
TRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa is the source of all incarnations, and all others are His parts or partial incarnations. We find that the whole and the part behave as superior and inferior.