pÅ«rvavat likhi yabe guṇÄvatÄra-gaṇa
asaá¹…khya saá¹…khyÄ tÄá¹…ra, nÄ haya gaṇana

 pÅ«rva-vat - as previously; likhi - I write; yabe - when; guṇa-avatÄra-gaṇa - incarnations of the material modes of nature; asaá¹…khya - innumerable; saá¹…khya - counting; tÄá¹…ra - of them; nÄ haya gaṇana - not actually countable.


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“As stated before when I described the incarnations of the material modes [guṇa-avatÄras], one should consider that these incarnations also are unlimited and that no one can count them.

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