CC Adi 1.67

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters

Ādi-līlā 1.65-66 - Ādi-līlā 1.68

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 67

brahmā viṣṇu śiva—tina guṇāvatāre gaṇi

śakty-āveśa—sanakādi, pṛthu, vyāsa-muni

SYNONYMS

brahmā—Lord Brahmā; viṣṇu—Lord Viṣṇu; śiva—Lord Śiva; tina—three; guṇa-avatāre—among the incarnations controlling the three modes of material nature; gaṇi—I count; śakti-āveśa—empowered incarnations; sanaka-ādi—the four Kumāras; pṛthu—King Pṛthu; vyāsa-muni—Vyāsadeva.

TRANSLATION

Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva are qualitative incarnations. Empowered incarnations are those like the Kumāras, King Pṛthu and Mahā-muni Vyāsa [the compiler of the Vedas].

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