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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.9
কিন্তু কৃষ্ণের যেই হয় অবতার–কাল ।
ভারহরণ–কাল তাতে হইল মিশাল ॥ ৯ ॥
kintu kṛṣṇera yei haya avatāra-kāla
bhāra-haraṇa-kāla tāte ha-ila miśāla
But the time to lift the burden of the world mixed with the time for Lord Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord appears at particular intervals to renew a time-worn spiritual culture. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa appeared at the end of Dvāpara-yuga.
Viṣṇu maintains the created cosmos and makes adjustments when its administration is improper.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the primeval Lord, appears to exhibit His transcendental pastimes and attract fallen souls back to Godhead. The time for lifting the world's burden coincided with His appearance.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 first purpose was to relish the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the prime reciprocator of transcendental love of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of transcendental loving transactions with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the purpose of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes affect your interest in them?
Reread the purport’s final sentence and pause to reflect on Kṛṣṇa’s invitation to return to Godhead.
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