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CC Ādi 5.78

Bengali

যদ্যপি কহিয়ে তাঁরে কৃষ্ণের ‘কলা’ করি ।
মৎস্য–কূর্মাদ্যবতারের তিঁহো অবতারী ॥ ৭৮ ॥

Text

yadyapi kahiye tāṅre kṛṣṇera ‘kalā’ kari
matsya-kūrmādy-avatārera tiṅho avatārī

Synonyms

yadyapi — although; kahiye — I say; tāṅre — to Him; kṛṣṇera — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kalā — part of the part; kari — making; matsya — the fish incarnation; kūrma-ādi — the tortoise incarnation and others; avatārera — of all these incarnations; tiṅho — He; avatārī — the original source.

Translation

Although Kāraṇodaśāyī Viṣṇu is called a kalā of Lord Kṛṣṇa, He is the source of Matsya, Kūrma and the other incarnations.