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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.269
সর্বভাবে কৈল কৃষ্ণ এই ত’ নিশ্চয় ।
হেনকালে আইল যুগাবতার–সময় ॥ ২৬৯ ॥
sarva-bhāve kaila kṛṣṇa ei ta’ niścaya
hena-kāle āila yugāvatāra-samaya
In this way Lord Kṛṣṇa came to a decision. Simultaneously, the time came for the incarnation of the age.
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The translation identifies Lord Kṛṣṇa as the one who came to this decision.
At the same time, the time came for the incarnation of the age.
Kṛṣṇa’s decision and the arrival of that time occurred simultaneously.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 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 transactions of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā are completely different from material lust. Therefore the author has very clearly distinguished between them.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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