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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.48
দুই লীলা চৈতন্যের—আদি আর শেষ ।
দুই লীলায় চারি চারি নাম বিশেষ ॥ ৪৮ ॥
dui līlā caitanyera — ādi āra śeṣa
dui līlāya cāri cāri nāma viśeṣa
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya have two divisions — the early pastimes [ādi-līlā] and the later pastimes [śeṣa-līlā]. He has four names in each of these two līlās.
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Lord Caitanya's pastimes have two divisions: early and later.
The early pastimes are called ādi-līlā, and the later pastimes are called śeṣa-līlā.
He has four names in each of these two līlās.
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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How does this two-part division help you organize your understanding of Lord Caitanya's pastimes?
Write the headings ādi-līlā and śeṣa-līlā, marking them as early and later pastimes, with four names in each.
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