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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.68
সব অবতারের করি সামান্য–লক্ষণ ।
তার মধ্যে কৃষ্ণচন্দ্রের করিল গণন ॥ ৬৮ ॥
saba avatārera kari sāmānya-lakṣaṇa
tāra madhye kṛṣṇa-candrera karila gaṇana
The Bhāgavatam describes the symptoms and deeds of the incarnations in general and counts Śrī Kṛṣṇa among them.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Bhāgavatam describes the symptoms, or distinguishing characteristics, of the incarnations.
It also describes their deeds.
In this general account of incarnations, it includes Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Revelatory awe. The identity of Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa is established; wonder becomes theological confidence.
The mood of Ādi 2 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:
The Lord’s manifestation of prābhava and vaibhava expansions, as well as partial incarnations and incarnations with delegated powers, are also explained. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s ages of boyhood and youth are discussed, and it is explained that His age at the beginning of youth is His eternal form.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 2
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