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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.13
যথেষ্ট বিহরি’ কৃষ্ণ করে অন্তর্ধান ।
অন্তর্ধান করি’ মনে করে অনুমান ॥ ১৩ ॥
yatheṣṭa vihari’ kṛṣṇa kare antardhāna
antardhāna kari’ mane kare anumāna
Lord Kṛṣṇa enjoys His transcendental pastimes as long as He wishes, and then He disappears. After disappearing, however, He thinks thus:
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Lord Kṛṣṇa enjoys His transcendental pastimes.
He continues these pastimes as long as He wishes, and then He disappears.
After disappearing, He reflects. This verse introduces the thoughts that follow.
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:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, after displaying His pastimes as Lord Kṛṣṇa, thought it wise to make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain personally the transcendental mellows of reciprocal service and love exchanged between Himself and His servants, friends, parents and fiancées. According to the Vedic literature, the foremost occupational duty for humanity in this Age of Kali is nāma-saṅkīrtana, or congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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