CC Madhya 20.369 (1996)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - 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 369
- ‘sanakādi’, ‘nārada’, ‘pṛthu’ ‘paraśurāma’
- jīva-rūpa ‘brahmāra’ āveśāvatāra-nāma
SYNONYMS
sanaka-ādi — the four Kumāras; nārada — Nārada; pṛthu — Mahārāja Pṛthu; paraśurāma — Paraśurāma; jīva-rūpa — as the living entity; brahmāra — of Lord Brahmā; āveśa-avatāra-nāma — all of them are called empowered incarnations.
TRANSLATION
“Some śaktyāveśa-avatāras are the four Kumāras, Nārada, Mahārāja Pṛthu and Paraśurāma. When a living being is empowered to act as Lord Brahmā, he is also considered a śaktyāveśa-avatāra.