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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.53
আগে অবতারিলা যে যে গুরু–পরিবার ।
সংক্ষেপে কহিয়ে, কহা না যায় বিস্তার ॥ ৫৩ ॥
āge avatārilā ye ye guru-parivāra
saṅkṣepe kahiye, kahā nā yāya vistāra
Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore first allowed His family of superiors to descend to the earth. I shall try to describe them in brief because it is not possible to describe them fully.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa first allowed His family of superiors to descend to the earth.
Their descent came before His own.
The author will describe them briefly because it is not possible to describe them fully.
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:
Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā. During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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What draws my attention to the family members whom Kṛṣṇa allowed to descend first?
Reread the verse and note the order of descent it describes.
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