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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.250
প্রথমেই করে কৃষ্ণ ‘পুরুষাবতার’ ।
সেইত পুরুষ হয় ত্রিবিধ প্রকার ॥ ২৫০ ॥
prathamei kare kṛṣṇa ‘puruṣāvatāra’
seita puruṣa haya trividha prakāra
“In the beginning, Kṛṣṇa incarnates Himself as the puruṣa-avatāras, or Viṣṇu incarnations. These are of three types.
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In the beginning, Kṛṣṇa incarnates Himself as the puruṣa-avatāras, or Viṣṇu incarnations.
These puruṣa-avatāras are of three types.
The many types of expansions have been described up to this point. The discussion now turns to manifestations of the Lord’s different potencies.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras. The Lord also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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In this verse: “discussion”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse help you follow the shift from expansions to the Lord’s potencies?
Write a brief study note: “The puruṣa-avatāras are three types of Viṣṇu incarnations.”
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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