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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.29
এত ভাবি’ কলিকালে প্রথম সন্ধ্যায় ।
অবতীর্ণ হৈলা কৃষ্ণ আপনি নদীয়ায় ॥ ২৯ ॥
eta bhāvi’ kali-kāle prathama sandhyāya
avatīrṇa hailā kṛṣṇa āpani nadīyāya
Thinking thus, the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, descended at Nadia early in the Age of Kali.
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Lord Caitanya is the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, who descended at Nadia early in the Age of Kali.
An age is divided into twelve parts, and its first division is called the prathama-sandhyā. Together with the preceding age's final division, the śeṣa-sandhyā, it forms the junction of two ages.
According to the Sūrya-siddhānta, Kali-yuga's prathama-sandhyā lasts 36,000 solar years. Lord Caitanya appeared after 4,586 solar years of Kali-yuga had passed.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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. The incarnation for this age especially preaches this process, but only Kṛṣṇa Himself can explain the confidential loving service performed in the four principal varieties of loving affairs between the Supreme Lord and His devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that Lord Caitanya is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself shape my understanding of His appearance?
Write down and reflect on this statement: “Lord Caitanya is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself.”
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