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brahma visnu siva--tina gunavatare gani
sakty-avesa--sanakadi, prthu, vyasa-muni
SYNONYMS
brahma—Lord Brahma; visnu—Lord Visnu; siva—Lord Siva; tina—three; guna-avatare—among the incarnations controlling the three modes of material nature; gani—I count; sakti-avesa—empowered incarnations; sanaka-adi—the four Kumaras; prthu—King Prthu; vyasa-muni—Vyasadeva.
Brahma, Visnu and Siva are qualitative incarnations.
Empowered incarnations are those like the Kumaras, King Prthu and Maha-muni Vyasa (the compiler of the Vedas).