Madhya 20.294

TEXT 294

TEXT

তৃতীয়-পুরুষ বিষ্ণু - 'গুণ-অবতার' ।
দুই অবতার-ভিতর গণনা তাঁহার ॥ ২৯৪ ॥

trtiya-purusa visnu-'guna-avatara'

dui avatara-bhitara ganana taṅhara

SYNONYMS

trtiya-purusa-the third Personality; visnu-Lord Visnu; guna-avatara-the incarnation of the material quality of goodness; dui avatara-bhitara-within the two incarnations; ganana-taṅhara-He is designated.

TRANSLATION

"The third expansion of Visnu is the Ksirodakasayi Visnu, who is the incarnation of the quality of goodness. He is to be counted within the two types of incarnations [purusa-avataras and guna-avataras].