CC Madhya 20.263
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20, Text 263
সৃষ্টি-হেতু যেই মূর্তি প্রপঞ্চে অবতরে ।
সেই ঈশ্বরমূর্তি ‘অবতার’ নাম ধরে ॥ ২৬৩ ॥
সেই ঈশ্বরমূর্তি ‘অবতার’ নাম ধরে ॥ ২৬৩ ॥
sṛṣṭi-hetu yei mūrti prapañce avatare
sei īśvara-mūrti ‘avatāra’ nāma dhare
sei īśvara-mūrti ‘avatāra’ nāma dhare
Word by word
sṛṣṭi-hetu — for the purpose of creation; yei mūrti — which form of the Lord; prapañce — in the material world; avatare — descends; sei — that; īśvara-mūrti — form of the Lord; avatāra — incarnation; nāma dhare — takes the name.
Translation
“The form of the Lord that descends into the material world to create is called an avatāra, or incarnation.”