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CC Ādi 2.114

Bengali

কেহো কহে, কৃষ্ণ ক্ষীরোদশায়ী অবতার ।
অসম্ভব নহে, সত্য বচন সবার ॥ ১১৪ ॥

Text

keho kahe, kṛṣṇa kṣīroda-śāyī avatāra
asambhava nahe, satya vacana sabāra

Synonyms

keho — someone; kahe — says; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; kṣīroda-śāyī — Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; avatāra — incarnation; asambhava — impossible; nahe — is not; satya — true; vacana — speeches; sabāra — of all.

Translation

Some say that Kṛṣṇa is the incarnation of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. None of these statements is impossible; each is as correct as the others.

Purport

The Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (5.383) states:

ata evā purāṇādau kecin nara-sakhātmatām
mahendrānujatāṁ kecit kecit kṣīrābdhi-śāyitām
sahasra-śīrṣatāṁ kecit kecid vaikuṇṭha-nāthatām
brūyuḥ kṛṣṇasya munayas tat-tad-vṛtty-anugāminaḥ

“According to the intimate relationships between Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the primeval Lord, and His devotees, the Purāṇas describe Him by various names. Sometimes He is called Nārāyaṇa; sometimes Upendra (Vāmana), the younger brother of Indra, King of heaven; and sometimes Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Sometimes He is called the thousand-hooded Śeṣa Nāga, and sometimes the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha.”