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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.298
মৎস্য, কূর্ম, রঘুনাথ, নৃসিংহ, বামন ।
বরাহাদি — লেখা যাঁর না যায় গণন ॥ ২৯৮ ॥
matsya, kūrma, raghunātha, nṛsiṁha, vāmana
varāhādi — lekhā yāṅra nā yāya gaṇana
“Some of the pastime incarnations are the fish incarnation, the tortoise incarnation, Lord Rāmacandra, Lord Nṛsiṁha, Lord Vāmana and Lord Varāha. There is no end to them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The fish incarnation and the tortoise incarnation are among the Lord’s pastime incarnations.
Lord Rāmacandra, Lord Nṛsiṁha, Lord Vāmana and Lord Varāha are also named.
These are only some examples; there is no end to the pastime incarnations.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you remember these examples while keeping in mind that the list has no end?
Read aloud the six pastime incarnations listed in this translation.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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