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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.38
ইদানীং দ্বাপরে তিঁহো হৈলা কৃষ্ণবর্ণ ।
এই সব শাস্ত্রাগম–পুরাণের মর্ম ॥ ৩৮ ॥
idānīṁ dvāpare tiṅho hailā kṛṣṇa-varṇa
ei saba śāstrāgama-purāṇera marma
Now, in the Dvāpara-yuga, the Lord had descended in a blackish hue. This is the essence of the statements in the Purāṇas and other Vedic literatures with reference to the context.
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The Lord descended in Dvāpara-yuga.
In that age, He appeared in a blackish hue.
This is the essence of the statements in the Purāṇas and other Vedic literatures, understood with reference to the context.
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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