2.61

avatari narayana, krsna avatara

tenha catur-bhuja, inha manusya-akara

SYNONYMS

avatari—source of incarnations; narayana—Lord Narayana; krsna—Lord Krsna; avatara—incarnation; tenha—that; catuh-bhuja—four arms; inha—this; manusya—like a man; akara—form.

Because Narayana has four hands whereas Krsna looks just like a man, they say that Narayana is the original God whereas Krsna is but an incarnation.

PURPORT

Some scholars argue that Narayana is the original Personality of Godhead of whom Krsna is an incarnation because Sri Krsna has two hands whereas Narayana has four.

Such unintelligent scholars do not understand the features of the Absolute.