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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.109
কৃষ্ণের আহ্বান করে করিয়া হুঙ্কার ।
এমতে কৃষ্ণেরে করাইল অবতার ॥ ১০৯ ॥
kṛṣṇera āhvāna kare kariyā huṅkāra
e-mate kṛṣṇere karāila avatāra
He appealed to Śrī Kṛṣṇa with loud calls and thus made it possible for Kṛṣṇa to appear.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
He directed His appeal to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
He expressed that appeal through loud calls.
Through these calls, He made it possible for Kṛṣṇa to appear.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 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:
Therefore Advaita requested Lord Kṛṣṇa to appear as Lord Caitanya. Offering tulasī leaves and Ganges water, He cried for the Lord’s appearance.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would you like to express in a sincere appeal to Śrī Kṛṣṇa?
Take a moment today to call out to Śrī Kṛṣṇa in prayer.
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