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CC Madhya 20.294 (1975)

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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].