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isvarera avatara e-tina prakara
amsa-avatara, ara guna-avatara
saktyavesa-avatara--trtiya e-mata
amsa-avatara--purusa-matsyadika yata
SYNONYMS
isvarera—of the Supreme Lord; avatara—incarnations; e-tina—these three; prakara—kinds; amsa-avatara—partial incarnations; ara—and; guna-avatara—qualitative incarnations; sakti-avesa-avatara—empowered incarnations; trtiya—the third; e-mata—thus; amsa-avatara—partial incarnations; purusa—the three purusa incarnations; matsya—the fish incarnation; adika—and so on; yata—all.
There are three categories of incarnations of Godhead: partial incarnations, qualitative incarnations and empowered incarnations.
The purusas and Matsya are examples of partial incarnations.