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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.296
পুরুষাবতারের এই কৈলুঁ নিরূপণ ।
লীলাবতার এবে শুন, সনাতন ॥ ২৯৬ ॥
puruṣāvatārera ei kailuṅ nirūpaṇa
līlāvatāra ebe śuna, sanātana
“O Sanātana, I have definitively described the three puruṣa-avatāras of Viṣṇu. Now please hear from Me about the pastime incarnations.
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The three puruṣa-avatāras of Viṣṇu have been definitively described.
Sanātana is now asked to hear about the pastime incarnations.
The teaching moves from the three puruṣa-avatāras to the pastime incarnations.
Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 6.99
While teaching Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu pointed out that one cannot count the number of līlā-avatāras:
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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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