CC Madhya 20.294 (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 20.293 - Madhya-līlā 20.295

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 294

tṛtīya-puruṣa viṣṇu--'guṇa-avatāra'

dui avatāra-bhitara gaṇanā tāṅhāra

SYNONYMS

tṛtīya-puruṣa—the third Personality; viṣṇu—Lord Viṣṇu; guṇa-avatāra—the incarnation of the material quality of goodness; dui avatāra-bhitara—within the two incarnations; gaṇanā-tāṅhāra—He is designated.

TRANSLATION

"The third expansion of Viṣṇu is the Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who is the incarnation of the quality of goodness. He is to be counted within the two types of incarnations [puruṣa-avatāras and guṇa-avatāras].

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