CC Madhya 20.314 (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 314
- pālanārtha svāṁśa viṣṇu-rūpe avatāra
- sattva-guṇa draṣṭā, tāte guṇa-māyā-pāra
SYNONYMS
pālana-artha—for maintenance; svāṁśa—personal plenary expansion; viṣṇu-rūpe—in the form of Lord Viṣṇu; avatāra—incarnation; sattva-guṇa—of the mode of goodness; draṣṭā—director; tāte—therefore; guṇa-māyā-pāra—transcendental to the material modes of nature.
TRANSLATION
"For the maintenance of the universe, Lord Kṛṣṇa descends as His personal plenary expansion in the form of Viṣṇu. He is the director of the mode of goodness; therefore He is transcendental to the material energy.