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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.99
কলিযুগে লীলাবতার না করে ভগবান্ ।
অতএব ‘ত্রিযুগ’ করি’ কহি তার নাম ॥ ৯৯ ॥
kali-yuge līlāvatāra nā kare bhagavān
ataeva ‘tri-yuga’ kari’ kahi tāra nāma
“In this Age of Kali there is no līlā-avatāra of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore He is known as Triyuga. That is one of His holy names.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The translation states that there is no līlā-avatāra in the Age of Kali and connects this with the holy name Triyuga.
A līlā-avatāra performs a variety of activities without special endeavor. These pastimes follow one another and are full of transcendental pleasure.
The Supreme Person fully controls these pastimes and is independent of all others. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught that the līlā-avatāras cannot be counted.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 6.99 quotesCC Madhya 20.296
While teaching Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu pointed out that one cannot count the number of līlā-avatāras:
Quoted in the purport ofSB 5.18.35
The summary of His appearance is given in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 6.99) as follows: In this Age of Kali, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Bhagavān) does not appear as a līlāvatāra, an incarnation to display pastimes.
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Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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 Bhaṭṭācārya was an impersonalist, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu proved that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He proved that the conceptions of the Māyāvādī philosophers concerning the impersonal Absolute Truth are incorrect.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the Lord’s effortless and independent pastimes?
Write a short definition of līlā-avatāra using the qualities given in the purport.
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