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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.9
চৌদ্দশত সাত শকে জন্মের প্রমাণ ।
চৌদ্দশত পঞ্চান্নে হইল অন্তর্ধান ॥ ৯ ॥
caudda-śata sāta śake janmera pramāṇa
caudda-śata pañcānne ha-ila antardhāna
In the year 1407 of the Śaka Era (A.D. 1486), Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared, and in the year 1455 (A.D. 1534) He disappeared from this world.
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Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in the year 1407 of the Śaka Era, or A.D. 1486.
He disappeared from this world in the year 1455 of the Śaka Era, or A.D. 1534.
These dates mark a span of forty-eight years between His appearance and disappearance.
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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