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
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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].