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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.35
তাঁর যুগাবতার জানি’ গর্গ মহাশয় ।
কৃষ্ণের নামকরণে করিয়াছে নির্ণয় ॥ ৩৫ ॥
tāṅra yugāvatāra jāni’ garga mahāśaya
kṛṣṇera nāma-karaṇe kariyāche nirṇaya
Knowing Him [Lord Caitanya] to be the incarnation for Kali-yuga, Garga Muni, during the naming ceremony of Kṛṣṇa, predicted His appearance.
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Garga Muni knew Lord Caitanya to be the incarnation for Kali-yuga.
He predicted Lord Caitanya’s appearance.
This prediction was made during the naming ceremony of Kṛṣṇa.
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 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. Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore personally appeared, with His plenary portions, as Lord Caitanya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Lord Caitanya’s appearance being predicted at Kṛṣṇa’s naming ceremony?
Write one sentence recalling who predicted Lord Caitanya’s appearance and when.
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