Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 20: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Sanatana Gosvami in the Science of the Absolute Truth. Text 263

sṛṣṭi-hetu yei mūrti prapañce avatare
sei Ä«Å›vara-mÅ«rti 'avatÄra' nÄma dhare

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: BG(1)

 sṛṣṭi-hetu - for the purpose of creation; yei mÅ«rti - which form of the Lord; prapañce - in the material world; avatare - descends; sei - that; Ä«Å›vara-mÅ«rti - form of the Lord; avatÄra - incarnation; nÄma dhare - takes the name.


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“The form of the Lord that descends into the material world to create is called an avatÄra, or incarnation.

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