CC Madhya 20.263 (1996)

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.

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