CC Adi 2.61
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 2: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Is the Supreme Personality of Godhead
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 61
- avatārī nārāyaṇa, kṛṣṇa avatāra
- teṅha catur-bhuja, iṅha manuṣya-ākāra
SYNONYMS
avatārī — source of incarnations; nārāyaṇa — Lord Nārāyaṇa; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; avatāra — incarnation; teṅha — that; catuḥ-bhuja — four arms; iṅha — this; manuṣya — like a man; ākāra — form.
TRANSLATION
Because Nārāyaṇa has four hands whereas Kṛṣṇa looks just like a man, they say that Nārāyaṇa is the original God whereas Kṛṣṇa is but an incarnation.
PURPORT
Some scholars argue that because Nārāyaṇa has four hands whereas Śrī Kṛṣṇa has only two, Nārāyaṇa is the original Personality of Godhead and Kṛṣṇa is His incarnation. Such unintelligent scholars do not understand the features of the Absolute.