CC Madhya 20.263
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 263
- sṛṣṭi-hetu yei mūrti prapañce avatare
- sei īśvara-mūrti ‘avatāra’ nāma dhare
SYNONYMS
sṛṣṭi-hetu — for the purpose of creation; yei mūrti — which form of the Lord; prapañce — in the material world; avatare — descends; sei — that; īśvara-mūrti — form of the Lord; avatāra — incarnation; nāma dhare — takes the name.
TRANSLATION
“The form of the Lord that descends into the material world to create is called an avatāra, or incarnation.