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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.329
যুগাবতার এবে শুন, সনাতন ।
সত্য-ত্রেতা-দ্বাপর-কলি-যুগের গণন ॥ ৩২৯ ॥
yugāvatāra ebe śuna, sanātana
satya-tretā-dvāpara-kali-yugera gaṇana
“O Sanātana, now hear from Me about the yuga-avatāras, the incarnations for the millenniums. First of all, there are four yugas — Satya-yuga, Tretā-yuga, Dvāpara-yuga and Kali-yuga.
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Sanātana is invited to hear about the yuga-avatāras.
The yuga-avatāras are the incarnations for the millenniums.
There are four yugas: Satya-yuga, Tretā-yuga, Dvāpara-yuga and Kali-yuga.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras. The Lord also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you name the four yugas in the order given?
Read the four yuga names aloud, then try writing them in order from memory.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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