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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.10
পূর্ণ ভগবান্ অবতরে যেই কালে ।
আর সব অবতার তাঁতে আসি’ মিলে ॥ ১০ ॥
pūrṇa bhagavān avatare yei kāle
āra saba avatāra tāṅte āsi’ mile
When the complete Supreme Personality of Godhead descends, all other incarnations of the Lord meet together within Him.
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead descends in His completeness.
When He descends, all other incarnations of the Lord meet together.
These incarnations meet within Him; none is left outside this gathering.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this chapter of the epic Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has stressed that Lord Caitanya appeared for three principal purposes of His own. The first purpose was to relish the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the prime reciprocator of transcendental love of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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In this verse: “together”
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What does this gathering of all incarnations suggest to you about the Lord’s completeness?
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