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of the Lord. The Lord expands Himself in the spiritual
world and also the material world to exchange loving
pastimes with His devotees.

Avatars of the Lord in the material

world
In the material world, there are six types of
incarnations (avatars) of the Lord. An avatar means a
particular descent of the Lord into the material world
for loving pastimes with His devotees. The six types of
avartars are: purusa, manvantara, lila, guna, yuga and
saktavesa. Balaji is in the category of purusa avatars
which is comprised of the three types of Vishnu
avatars. It is said in the Satvata Tantra scripture, “For
material creation, Lord Krishna’s plenary expansion
assumes three Vishnus. The first one, Mahā-Vishnu,
creates the total material energy, known as the
mahattattva. The second, Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu,
enters into all the universes to create diversities
in each of them. The third, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Vishnu,
is diffused as the all-pervading Supersoul in all
the universes and is known as Paramātmā. He is
present even within the atoms. Anyone who knows
these three Vishnus can be liberated from material
entanglement.” To realize that Lord Krishna is present
as Paramatma in the heart of every living entity is

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