kṛṣṇa yadi pṛthivīte karena avatāra
prathame karena guru-vargera saùcāra

 kṛṣṇa - Lord Kṛṣṇa; yadi - if; pṛthivÄŤte - on the earth; karena - makes; avatāra - incarnation; prathame - first; karena - makes; guru-vargera - of the group of respectable predecessors; saĂącāra - the advent.


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Whenever Śrī Kṛṣṇa desires to manifest His incarnation on earth, first He creates the incarnations of His respectable predecessors.

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