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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.51
আদিলীলা–সূত্র লিখি, শুন, ভক্তগণ ।
সংক্ষেপে লিখিয়ে সম্যক্ না যায় লিখন ॥ ৫১ ॥
ādi-līlā-sūtra likhi, śuna, bhakta-gaṇa
saṅkṣepe likhiye samyak nā yāya likhana
My dear devotees of Lord Caitanya, let me now write a synopsis of the ādi-līlā; I write of these pastimes in brief because it is not possible to describe them in full.
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The author warmly addresses the devotees of Lord Caitanya.
He now intends to write a synopsis of the ādi-līlā.
He describes these pastimes briefly because it is not possible to describe them in full.
Jubilation and hope. The Lord appears in Navadvīpa; the theological promise becomes a lived story.
The mood of Ādi 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Then, in 1407 Śaka Era (A.D. 1486), in the full-moon evening of the month of Phālguna, with the constellation of Siṁha (Leo) on the horizon, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as the son of Śrī Śacīdevī and Jagannātha Miśra. After hearing of the birth of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learned scholars and brāhmaṇas, bringing many gifts, came to see the newborn baby.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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How can I value a brief account without assuming it tells everything?
Before continuing your reading, remember that this synopsis cannot describe the pastimes in full.
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