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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 263

sṛṣṭi-hetu yei mūrti prapañce avatare
sei īśvara-mūrti ‘avatāra’ nāma dhare

SYNONYMS

sṛṣṭi-hetu—for the purpose of creation; yei mūrti—which form of the Lord; prapañce—in the material world; avatare—descends; sei—that; īśvara-mūrti—form of the Lord; avatāra—incarnation; nāma dhare—takes the name.

TRANSLATION

“The form of the Lord that descends into the material world to create is called an avatāra, or incarnation.