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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.78
যদ্যপি কহিয়ে তাঁরে কৃষ্ণের ‘কলা’ করি ।
মৎস্য–কূর্মাদ্যবতারের তিঁহো অবতারী ॥ ৭৮ ॥
yadyapi kahiye tāṅre kṛṣṇera ‘kalā’ kari
matsya-kūrmādy-avatārera tiṅho avatārī
Although Kāraṇodaśāyī Viṣṇu is called a kalā of Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the source of Matsya, Kūrma and the other incarnations.
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Kāraṇodaśāyī Viṣṇu is called a kalā of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
He is the source of Matsya and Kūrma.
He is also the source of the other incarnations, even though He is called a kalā.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
As the source of the material elements, the material energy is known as pradhāna, and as the source of the manifestations of the material energy it is known as māyā. But material nature is inert in that she has no independent power to do anything.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What strikes you about Kāraṇodaśāyī Viṣṇu being both a kalā and the source of incarnations?
Write one sentence connecting Lord Kṛṣṇa, Kāraṇodaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the incarnations named here.
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