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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Ādi-līlā · Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Ādi 4.35Ādi 4.38

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Ādi 4.36-37

এই বাঞ্ছা যৈছে কৃষ্ণপ্রাকট্য–কারণ ।

অসুরসংহার—আনুষঙ্গ প্রয়োজন ॥ ৩৬ ॥

এই মত চৈতন্য–কৃষ্ণ পূর্ণ ভগবান্‌ ।

যুগধর্মপ্রবর্তন নহে তাঁর কাম ॥ ৩৭ ॥

ei vāñchā yaiche kṛṣṇa-prākaṭya-kāraṇa

asura-saṁhāra — ānuṣaṅga prayojana

Translation

Just as these desires are the fundamental reason for Kṛṣṇa’s appearance whereas destroying the demons is only an incidental necessity, so for Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, promulgating the dharma of the age is incidental.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Distinguish Fundamental Reasons From Incidental Tasks

  1. 1

    These desires are the fundamental reason for Kṛṣṇa’s appearance.

  2. 2

    Destroying the demons is only an incidental necessity, not the fundamental reason for His appearance.

  3. 3

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For Him, promulgating the dharma of the age is incidental.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Ādi 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The second reason for His appearance was to understand the transcendental mellow of Himself. Lord Kṛṣṇa is all sweetness.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eithis
  2. vāñchādesire
  3. yaichejust as
  4. kṛṣṇaof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  5. prākaṭyafor the manifestation
  6. kāraṇareason
  7. asura-saṁhārathe killing of demons
  8. ānuṣaṅgasecondary
3

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does distinguishing fundamental reasons from incidental tasks deepen my understanding of the Lord’s appearance?

Practice

Reread the translation and identify what it calls fundamental and what it calls incidental.

Live this todayDistinguish Fundamental Reasons From Incidental TasksThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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