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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.23
পরিত্রাণায় সাধূনাং বিনাশায় চ দুষ্কৃতাম্ ।
ধর্মসংস্থাপনার্থায় সম্ভবামি যুগে যুগে ॥ ২৩ ॥
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge
“ ‘To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.’
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Lord Kṛṣṇa declares that He appears to deliver the pious.
He also appears to annihilate the miscreants.
He comes to reestablish the principles of religion, millennium after millennium.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Ādi 3.23 quotesBG 3.24
texts 22 and 23 were spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad- gītā (4.7-8). texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also to be found in the Bhagavad-gītā (3.24, 21).
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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:
Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore personally appeared, with His plenary portions, as Lord Caitanya. As stated in this chapter, it was for this purpose that Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared personally in Navadvīpa in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the purposes of the Lord’s appearance deepen my understanding of His care?
Write down the three purposes the Lord gives for His appearance, and reflect on each.
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