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Nitāi: "May Śrī Nityānanda Rāma be the object of my constant remembrance. Saṅkarṣaṇa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṇus who lie …

Prabhupāda:

saṅkarṣaṇaḥ kāraṇa-toya-śāyī garbhoda-śāyī ca payobdhi-śāyī, śeṣaś ca yasyāṁśa-kalāḥ sa nityā- nandākhya-rāmaḥ śaraṇaṁ mamāstu

[Cc. Ādi 1.7]

So Kavirāja Gosvāmī, after offering his respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and describing the purpose of His incarnation, he …

Balarāma is Nityānanda. That we know by following the footprints of mahājanas. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, vrajendra-nandana yei, śacī-suta hoila …

yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntarātmanā śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ

[Bg. 6.47]

Yogīs, there are many yogīs, but the bhakti-yogi is the best because by bhakta-yoga only you can approach the Supreme …

ramante yoginaḥ anante satyānande cid-ātmani iti rāma-padenāsau paraṁ brahmābhidhīyate

[Cc. Madhya 9.29]

Rāma means who enjoys. So this word rāma is explained in the śāstra that one who is expert in enjoying …

So here it is describing that for the material creation the... There are three puruṣa-avatāra. Puruṣa means the Supreme Personality …

yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

[Bs. 5.48]

This Mahā-Viṣṇu, who is creating innumerable universes by breathing... Just like sometimes we breathe and there are some germs, small, …

And then Garbhodakaśāyī. The universes are created. Then, when they develop, then same Viṣṇu, Mahā-Viṣṇu, enters into each universe, and …

So the Mahā-Viṣṇu, first of all He enters in each universe as Garbhodakaśāyī. Then, within the universe, He creates His …

Now, all these different incarnation of Viṣṇu is summarized here by Kavirāja Gosvāmī that "All of them are partial expansion …

Advaita acyuta anādi ananta-rūpam. This Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the person who is situated in everyone's, every living being's, heart. Īśvaraḥ …