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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 2.79
তৈছে ইঁহ অবতার সব হৈল জ্ঞাত ।
কার অবতার?—এই বস্তু অবিজ্ঞাত ॥ ৭৯ ॥
taiche iṅha avatāra saba haila jñāta
kāra avatāra? — ei vastu avijñāta
“In the same way, all these incarnations were known, but whose incarnations they are was unknown.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The incarnations being discussed were already known.
Whose incarnations they are was not yet known.
The same distinction applies here: the incarnations are known, while their source remains to be stated.
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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Can I distinguish knowing the incarnations from knowing whose incarnations they are?
Reread the verse and identify exactly what was known and what was unknown.
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