সংকর্ষণ, মত্স্যাদিক,—দুই ভেদ তাঙ্র সংকর্ষণ—পুরুষাবতার, লীলাবতার আর
संकर्षण, मत्स्यादिक,—दुइ भेद ताङ्र संकर्षण—पुरुषावतार, लीलावतार आर
saṅkarṣaṇa, matsyādika,—dui bheda tāṅra saṅkarṣaṇa—puruṣāvatāra, līlāvatāra āra
Synonyms
saṅkarṣaṇa—Saṅkarṣaṇa; matsya-ādika—and incarnations such as the fish; dui—two; bheda—differentiations; tāṅra—His; saṅkarṣaṇa—Saṅkarṣaṇa; puruṣa-avatāra—incarnations of Viṣṇu; līlā-avatāra—pastime incarnations; āra—and..
Translation
"The first personal expansion is Saṅkarṣaṇa, and the others are incarnations like the fish incarnation. Saṅkarṣaṇa is an expansion of the Puruṣa, or Viṣṇu. The incarnations such as Matsya, the fish incarnation, appear in different yugas for specific pastimes.
Purport
The puruṣa-avatāras are the Lords of the universal creation. These are the Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. There are also līlā-avatāras, and these include (1) Catuḥsana, (2) Nārada, (3) Varāha, (4) Matsya, (5) Yajña, (6) Nara-Nārāyaṇa, (7) Kārdami Kapila, (8) Dattātreya, (9) Hayaśīrṣā, (10) Haṁsa, (11) Dhruvapriya, or Pṛśnigarbha, (12) Ṛṣabha, (13) Pṛthu, (14) Nṛsiṁha, (15) Kūrma, (16) Dhanvantari, (17) Mohinī, (18) Vāmana, (19) Bhārgava Paraśurāma, (20) Rāghavendra, (21) Vyāsa, (22) Pralambāri Balarāma, (23) Kṛṣṇa, (24) Buddha and (25) Kalki.
These twenty-five Personalities of Godhead are known as līlā-avatāras. Because they appear in each day of Brahmā, or in each kalpa (millennium), they are sometimes known as kalpa-avatāras. Of these incarnations, Haṁsa and Mohinī are not very permanent or well known, but They are listed among the prābhava-avatāras. Kapila, Dattātreya, Ṛṣabha, Dhanvantari and Vyāsa are eternally situated and very widely known. They are also counted among the prābhava incarnations. Kūrma, Matsya, Nārāyaṇa, Varāha, Hayagrīva, Pṛśnigarbha, and Baladeva, the killer of Pralambāsura, are counted among the vaibhava-avatāras.