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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.81
সৃষ্ট্যাদি–নিমিত্তে যেই অংশের অবধান ।
সেই ত’ অংশেরে কহি ‘অবতার’ নাম ॥ ৮১ ॥
sṛṣṭy-ādi-nimitte yei aṁśera avadhāna
sei ta’ aṁśere kahi ‘avatāra’ nāma
That fragment of the Supreme Lord, known as the Mahā-puruṣa, appears for the purpose of creation, maintenance and annihilation and is called an incarnation.
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The Mahā-puruṣa is a fragment of the Supreme Lord.
He appears for the purpose of creation, maintenance and annihilation.
This appearance of the Mahā-puruṣa is called an incarnation.
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:
In the Causal Ocean is Mahā-Viṣṇu, the original puruṣa expansion from Saṅkarṣaṇa. Mahā-Viṣṇu places His glance over the material energy, and by a reflection of His transcendental body He amalgamates Himself within the material elements.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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