CC Adi 5.78

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityānanda Balarāma

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 78

yadyapi kahiye tāṅre kṛṣṇera ‘kalā’ kari

matsya-kūrmādy-avatārera tiṅho avatārī

SYNONYMS

yadyapi — although; kahiye — I say; tāṅre — to Him; kṛṣṇera — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kalā — part of the part; kari — making; matsya — the fish incarnation; kūrma-ādi — the tortoise incarnation and others; avatārera — of all these incarnations; tiṅho — He; avatārī — the original source.

TRANSLATION

Although Kāraṇodaśāyī Viṣṇu is called a kalā of Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the source of Matsya, Kūrma and the other incarnations.

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