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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.80
চৌদ্দশত ছয় শকে শেষ মাঘ মাসে ।
জগন্নাথ–শচীর দেহে কৃষ্ণের প্রবেশে ॥ ৮০ ॥
caudda-śata chaya śake śeṣa māgha māse
jagannātha-śacīra dehe kṛṣṇera praveśe
In the month of January in the year 1406 of the Śaka Era (A.D. 1485), Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the bodies of both Jagannātha Miśra and Śacī.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the bodies of Jagannātha Miśra and Śacī in Māgha, in 1406 of the Śaka Era, A.D. 1485.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu took birth in Phālguna, in 1407 of the Śaka Era, A.D. 1486. He had entered His parents’ bodies thirteen full months earlier.
A common child generally remains in the mother’s womb for ten lunar months. The Lord remained within His mother’s body for thirteen months.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the account of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Make a two-line timeline recording the Lord’s entry into His parents’ bodies and His birth thirteen full months later.
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