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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.113
যুগ–মন্বন্তরে ধরি’ নানা অবতার ।
ধর্ম সংস্থাপন করে, অধর্ম সংহার ॥ ১১৩ ॥
yuga-manvantare dhari’ nānā avatāra
dharma saṁsthāpana kare, adharma saṁhāra
In the ages and millenniums of Manu, He appears as different incarnations to establish the principles of real religion and vanquish the principles of irreligion.
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Lord Viṣṇu, who lies in the ocean of milk, incarnates in various forms to maintain the laws of the cosmos and annihilate the causes of disturbance.
His incarnations establish the principles of real religion and vanquish the principles of irreligion.
Such incarnations appear during the reign of each Manu, who lives for 71 × 4,320,000 years. Fourteen Manus take birth and die in succession during one day of Brahmā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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 Śvetadvīpa in the abode of Kṛṣṇa is identical with Vṛndāvana-dhāma, which is the place where Kṛṣṇa appears Himself to display His loving pastimes. In the Śvetadvīpa within every universe is a Śeṣa form of Godhead who serves Viṣṇu by assuming the form of His umbrella, slippers, couch, pillows, garments, residence, sacred thread, throne and so on.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What does the Lord’s purpose in appearing teach you about His care for the cosmos?
Write down the two purposes of the Lord’s incarnations stated in the translation.
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