Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 1.65-66

īśvarera avatāra e-tina prakāra

amśa-avatāra, āra guna-avatāra

śaktyāveśa-avatāra — tritīya e-mata

amśa-avatāra — purusha-matsyādika yata

SYNONYMS

īśvarera — of the Supreme Lord; avatāra — incarnations; e-tina — these three; prakāra — kinds; amśa-avatāra — partial incarnations; āra — and; guna-avatāra — qualitative incarnations; śakti-āveśa-avatāra — empowered incarnations; tritīya — the third; e-mata — thus; amśa-avatāra — partial incarnations; purusha — the three purusha incarnations; matsya — the fish incarnation; ādika — and so on; yata — all.

TRANSLATION

There are three categories of incarnations of Godhead: partial incarnations, qualitative incarnations and empowered incarnations. The purushas and Matsya are examples of partial incarnations.

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