Ten Incarnations Of God: Gita-Govinda Poem by Harekrishna Meher

My salutations to Thyself, Krishna, the Supreme Lord,
having ten types of bodily form as incarnations;
The Lord, who protected Vedas, the Divine Wisdom,
in the incarnation of Fish;
Who bore all the worlds in the incarnation of Turtle;
Who lifted up the circle of earth in the incarnation of Boar;
Who tore up the demon Hiraņ yakaś ipu
in the incarnation of Man-Lion;
Who deceived King Bali in the incarnation of Dwarf;
Who destroyed the Kshatriyas
in the incarnation of Paraś urā ma;
Who conquered Rā vaņ a in the incarnation of Rā ma;
Who held plough in the incarnation of Balarā ma;
Who spread compassion in the incarnation of Buddha;
and Who makes the Mlechchhas faint in the incarnation of Kalki.