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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.52
কোন বাঞ্ছা পূরণ লাগি’ ব্রজেন্দ্রকুমার ।
অবতীর্ণ হৈতে মনে করিলা বিচার ॥ ৫২ ॥
kona vāñchā pūraṇa lāgi’ vrajendra-kumāra
avatīrṇa haite mane karilā vicāra
To fulfill a particular desire within His mind, Lord Kṛṣṇa, Vrajendra-kumāra, decided to descend to this planet after mature contemplation.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa is identified here as Vrajendra-kumāra.
He had a particular desire within His mind that He wished to fulfill.
After mature contemplation, He decided to descend to this planet.
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:
A learned brāhmaṇa named Upendra Miśra, who resided in the district of Śrīhaṭṭa, was the father of Jagannātha Miśra, who came to Navadvīpa to study under the direction of Nīlāmbara Cakravartī and then settled there after marrying Nīlāmbara Cakravartī’s daughter, Śacīdevī. Śrī Śacīdevī gave birth to eight children, all daughters, who died one after another immediately after birth.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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What does this verse help me notice about the purposefulness of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s descent?
Write one sentence recalling that Lord Kṛṣṇa decided to descend to fulfill His own particular desire.
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