CC Madhya 20.264 (1975)

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

Madhya-līlā 20.263 - Madhya-līlā 20.265

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 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].

Madhya-līlā 20.263 - Madhya-līlā 20.265