CC Madhya 20.373 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 373
- jñāna-śakty-ādi-kalayā
- yatrāviṣṭo janārdanaḥ
- ta āveśā nigadyante
- jīvā eva mahattamāḥ
SYNONYMS
jñāna-śakti-ādi-kalayā—by portions of the potencies of knowledge, devotional service, creation, personal service, ruling over the material world, carrying the different planets, and killing the rogues and miscreants; yatra—wherever; āviṣṭaḥ—is entered; janārdanaḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu; te—they; āveśāḥ—empowered; nigadyante—are called; jīvāḥ—living entities; eva—although; mahat-tamāḥ—most exalted devotees.
TRANSLATION
“‘Whenever the Lord is present in someone by portions of His various potencies, the living entity representing the Lord is called a śaktyāveśa-avatāra—that is, an incarnation invested with special power.’
PURPORT
This verse is found in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.18).