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CC Ādi 6.98

Bengali

একমাত্র ‘অংশী’—কৃষ্ণ, ‘অংশ’—অবতার ।
অংশী অংশে দেখি জ্যেষ্ঠ–কনিষ্ঠ–আচার ॥ ৯৮ ॥

Text

eka-mātra ‘aṁśī’ — kṛṣṇa, ‘aṁśa’ — avatāra
aṁśī aṁśe dekhi jyeṣṭha-kaniṣṭha-ācāra

Synonyms

eka-mātra — only one; aṁśī — source of all incarnations; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; aṁśa — of the part; avatāra — incarnations; aṁśī — is the source of all incarnations; aṁśe — in the incarnation; dekhi — we can see; jyeṣṭha — as superior; kaniṣṭha — and inferior; ācāra — behavior.

Translation

Lord Kṛṣṇa is the source of all incarnations, and all others are His parts or partial incarnations. We find that the whole and the part behave as superior and inferior.