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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.62
অসংখ্য ভক্তের করাইলা অবতার ।
শেষে অবতীর্ণ হৈলা ব্রজেন্দ্রকুমার ॥ ৬২ ॥
asaṅkhya bhaktera karāilā avatāra
śeṣe avatīrṇa hailā vrajendra-kumāra
Lord Kṛṣṇa, Vrajendra-kumāra, first caused countless devotees to appear, and at last He appeared Himself.
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Lord Kṛṣṇa is identified here as Vrajendra-kumāra.
He first caused countless devotees to appear.
At last, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared Himself.
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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What strikes you about Kṛṣṇa causing devotees to appear before His own appearance?
Read the translation slowly, noting the order: first the devotees, then Kṛṣṇa Himself.
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