jñāna-śakti-ādi-kalayā - by portions of the potencies of knowledge, devotional service, creation, personal service, ruling over the material world, carrying the different planets, and killing the rogues and miscreants; yatra - wherever; āviṣṭaḥ - is entered; janārdanaḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu; te - they; āveśāḥ - empowered; nigadyante - are called; jīvāḥ - living entities; eva - although; mahat-tamāḥ - most exalted devotees.

“ ‘Whenever the Lord is present in someone by portions of His various potencies, the living entity representing the Lord is called a śaktyāveśa-avatāra — that is, an incarnation invested with special power.’