1|Adi 3-1975: The External Reasons for Lord
>| Caitanya 's Appearance
2|Chapter 3
3|The External Reasons for Lord Caitanya '
>|s Appearance
4|In this chapter the author has fully discussed the reason
>| for the descent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The
>|Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, after
>|displaying His pastimes as Lord Krsna, thought it wise to
>|make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain
>|personally the transcendental mellow reciprocations of
>|service and love between Himself and
>|His servants, friends, parents and fiancees. According to
>|the Vedic literature, the foremost occupational duty for
>|humanity in this Age of Kali is nama-sankirtana, or
>|congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The
>|incarnation for this age especially preaches this process,
>|but only Krsna Himself can explain the confidential loving
>|service performed in the four principal varieties of loving
>|affairs between the Supreme Lord and His devotees. Lord
>|Krsna therefore personally appeared, with His plenary
>|portions, as Lord Caitanya. As stated in this chapter, only
>| for that purpose did Lord Krsna appear personally
>|in Navadvipa in the form of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
5|Krsnadasa Kaviraja has herein presented much authentic
>|evidence from Srimad-Bhagavatam and other scriptures to
>|substantiate the identity of Lord Caitanya with Sri Krsna
>|Himself. He has described bodily symptoms in Lord Caitanya
>|that are visible only in the person of the Supreme Lord,
>|and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His
>|personal associates-Sri Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara,
>|Srivasa and other devotees-to preach the special
>|significance of chanting Hare Krsna. The appearance of Lord
>|Caitanya is both significant and confidential. He can be
>|appreciated only by pure devotees and only through the
>|process of devotional service. The Lord tried to conceal
>|His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by
>|representing Himself as a devotee, but His pure devotees
>|can recognize Him by His special features. The Vedas and
>|Puranas foretell the appearance of Lord Caitanya, but still
>|He is sometimes called, significantly, the concealed
>|descent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
6|Advaita Acarya was a contemporary of Lord Caitanya's father.
>| He felt sorry for the condition of the world because even
>|after Lord Krsna's appearance, no one had interest in
>|devotional service to Krsna. This forgetfulness was so
>|overwhelming that Advaita Prabhu was convinced that no one
>|but Lord Krsna Himself could enlighten people about
>|devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Therefore Advaita
>|requested Lord Krsna to appear as Lord Caitanya. Offering
>|tulasi leaves and Ganges water, He cried for the Lord's
>|appearance. The Lord, being satisfied by His pure devotees,
>|descends to satisfy them. As such, being pleased by Advaita
>|Acarya, Lord Caitanya appeared.
7|Adi 3.1
8|TEXT 1
9|TEXT
10|sri-caitanya-prabhum vande
11|yat-padasraya-viryatah
12|sangrhnaty akara-vratad
13|ajnah siddhanta-san-manin
14|SYNONYMS
15|sri-caitanya-prabhum-to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vande-I
>|offer my respectful obeisances; yat-of whom; pada-asraya-of
>|the shelter of the lotus feet; viryatah-from the power;
>|sangrhnati-collects; akara-vratat-from the multitude of
>|mines in the form of scriptures; ajnah-a fool; siddhanta-of
>|conclusion; sat-manin-the best jewels.
16|TRANSLATION
17|I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
>| By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a
>|fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth
>|from the mines of the revealed scriptures.
18|Adi 3.2
19|TEXT 2
20|TEXT
21|jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
22|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
23|SYNONYMS
24|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-caitanya-to Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu; jaya-all glories; nityananda-to Lord Nityananda;
>| jaya-all glories; advaita-candra-to Advaita Acarya; jaya-
>|all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to all the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
25|TRANSLATION
26|All glories to Lord Caitanya. All glories to Lord
>|Nityananda . All glories to Advaitacandra . And all glories
>|to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya .
27|Adi 3.3
28|TEXT 3
29|TEXT
30|trtiya slokera artha kaila vivarana
31|caturtha slokera artha suna bhakta-gana
32|SYNONYMS
33|trtiya-third; slokera-of the verse; artha-meaning; kaila-
>|there was; vivarana-description; caturtha-fourth; slokera-
>|of the verse; artha-meaning; suna-please hear; bhakta-gana-
>|O devotees.
34|TRANSLATION
35|I have given the purport of the third verse. Now, O
>|devotees, please listen to the meaning of the fourth with
>|full attention.
36|Adi 3.4
37|TEXT 4
38|TEXT
39|anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau
40|samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
41|harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah
42|sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah
43|SYNONYMS
44|anarpita-not bestowed; carim-having been formerly; cirat-
>|for a long time; karunaya-by causeless mercy; avatirnah-
>|descended; kalau-in the Age of Kali; samarpayitum-to bestow;
>| unnata-elevated; ujjvala-rasam-the conjugal mellow; sva-
>|bhakti-of His own service; sriyam-the treasure; harih-the
>|Supreme Lord; purata-than gold; sundara-more beautiful;
>|dyuti-of splendor; kadamba-with a multitude; sandipitah-
>|illuminated; sada-always; hrdaya-kandare-in the cavity of
>|the heart; sphuratu-let Him be manifest; vah-your; saci-
>|nandanah-the son of mother Saci.
45|TRANSLATION
46|"May that Lord who is known as the son of Srimati
>|Sacidevi be transcendentally situated in the
>|innermost core of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance
>|of molten gold, He has descended in the Age of Kali by His
>|causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever
>|offered before: the most elevated mellow of devotional
>|service, the mellow of conjugal love."
47|PURPORT
48|This is a quotation from the Vidagdha-madhava, a
>|drama compiled and edited by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
49|Adi 3.5
50|TEXT 5
51|TEXT
52|purna bhagavan krsna vrajendra-kumara
53|goloke vrajera saha nitya vihara
54|SYNONYMS
55|purna-full; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
>|krsna-Lord Krsna; vrajendra-kumara-the son of the King of
>|Vraja; goloke-in Goloka; vrajera saha-along with Vrajadhama;
>| nitya-eternal; vihara-pastimes.
56|TRANSLATION
57|Lord Krsna, the son of the King of Vraja, is the Supreme
>|Lord. He eternally enjoys transcendental pastimes in His
>|eternal abode, Goloka, which includes Vrajadhama.
58|PURPORT
59|In the previous chapter it has been established that Krsna,
>|the son of Vrajendra (the King of Vraja), is the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead, with six opulences. He eternally
>|enjoys transcendentally variegated opulences on His planet,
>|which is known as Goloka. The eternal pastimes of the Lord
>|in the spiritual planet Krsnaloka are called aprakata, or
>|unmanifested, pastimes because they are beyond the purview
>|of the conditioned souls. Lord Krsna is always present
>|everywhere, but when He is not present before our eyes, He
>|is said to be aprakata, or unmanifested.
60|Adi 3.6
61|TEXT 6
62|TEXT
63|brahmara eka dine tinho eka-bara
64|avatirna hana karena prakata vihara
65|SYNONYMS
66|brahmara-of Lord Brahma; eka-one; dine-in the day; tinho-He;
>| eka-bara-one time; avatirna-descended; hana-being; karena-
>|performs; prakata-manifest; vihara-pastimes.
67|TRANSLATION
68|Once in a day of Brahma, He descends to this world to
>|manifest His transcendental pastimes.
69|Adi 3.7
70|TEXT 7
71|TEXT
72|satya, treta, dvapara, kali, cari-yuga jani
73|sei cari-yuge divya eka-yuga mani
74|SYNONYMS
75|satya-Satya; treta-Treta; dvapara-Dvapara; kali-Kali; cari-
>|yuga-four ages; jani-we know; sei-these; cari-yuge-in the
>|four ages; divya-divine; eka-yuga-one age; mani-we consider.
76|TRANSLATION
77|We know that there are four ages [yugas], namely Satya,
>|Treta, Dvapara and Kali. These four together comprise one
>|divya-yuga.
78|Adi 3.8
79|TEXT 8
80|TEXT
81|ekattara catur-yuge eka manv-antara
82|caudda manv-antara brahmara divasa bhitara
83|SYNONYMS
84|ekattara-seventy-one; catuh-yuge-in cycles of four ages;
>|eka-one; manu-antara-period of a Manu; caudda-fourteen;
>|manu-antara-periods of Manu; brahmara-of Lord Brahma;
>|divasa-a day; bhitara-within.
85|TRANSLATION
86|Seventy-one divya-yugas constitute one manv-antara. There
>|are fourteen manv-antaras in one day of Brahma.
87|PURPORT
88|A manv-antara is the period controlled by one Manu. The
>|reign of fourteen Manus equals the length of one day (
>|twelve hours) in the life of Brahma, and the night of
>|Brahma is of the same duration. These calculations are
>|given in the authentic astronomy book known as the Surya-
>|siddhanta. this book was compiled
>|by the great professor of astronomy and mathematics Bimal
>|Prasad Datta, later known as Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
>|Gosvami, who was our merciful spiritual master. He was
>|honored with the title Siddhanta Sarasvati for writing
>|a commentary on the Surya-siddhanta, and the title Gosvami
>|Maharaja was added when he accepted sannyasa, the renounced
>|order of life.
89|Adi 3.9
90|TEXT 9
91|TEXT
92|'vaivasvata'-nama ei saptama manv-antara
93|sataisa catur-yuga tahara antara
94|SYNONYMS
95|vaivasvata-nama-named Vaivasvata; ei-this; saptama-seventh;
>|manu-antara-period of Manu; sataisa-twenty-seven; catuh-
>|yuga-cycles of four ages; tahara-of that; antara-period.
96|TRANSLATION
97|The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [
>|the son of Vivasvan]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,
>|000 solar years] of his age have now passed.
98|PURPORT
99|The names of the fourteen Manus are as follows: (1)
>|Svayambhuva, (2) Svarocisa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tamasa, (5)
>|Raivata, (6) Caksusa, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Savarni, (9)
>|Daksa-savarni, (10) Brahma-savarni, (11) Dharma-savarni, (
>|12) Rudraputra (Rudra-savarni), (13) Raucya, or Deva-
>|savarni, (14) and Bhautyaka, or Indra-savarni.
100|Adi 3.10
101|TEXT 10
102|TEXT
103|astavimsa catur-yuge dvaparera sese
104|vrajera sahite haya krsnera prakase
105|SYNONYMS
106|astavimsa-twenty-eighth; catuh-yuge-in the cycle of four
>|ages; dvaparera-of the Dvapara-yuga; sese-at the end;
>|vrajera sahite-along with Vraja; haya-is; krsnera-of Lord
>|Krsna; prakase-manifestation.
107|TRANSLATION
108|At the end of the Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-eighth divya-
>|yuga, Lord Krsna appears on earth with the full
>|paraphernalia of His eternal Vraja-dhama.
109|PURPORT
110|Now is the term of Vaivasvata Manu, during which Lord
>|Caitanya appears. First Lord Krsna appears at the close of
>|the Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-eighth divya-yuga, and then
>|Lord Caitanya appears in the Kali-yuga of the same divya-
>|yuga. Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya appear once in each day
>|of Brahma, or once in fourteen manv-antaras, each of
>|seventy-one divya-yugas in duration.
111|From the beginning of Brahma's day of 4,320,000,000 years,
>|six Manus appear and disappear before Lord Krsna appears.
>|Thus 1,975,320,000 years of the day of Brahma elapse before
>|the appearance of Lord Krsna. This is an astronomical
>|calculation according to solar years.
112|Adi 3.11
113|TEXT 11
114|TEXT
115|dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, srngara-cari rasa
116|cari bhavera bhakta yata krsna tara vasa
117|SYNONYMS
118|dasya-servitude; sakhya-friendship; vatsalya-parental
>|affection; srngara-conjugal love; cari-four; rasa-mellows;
>|cari-four; bhavera-of the sentiments; bhakta-devotees; yata-
>|as many as there are; krsna-Lord Krsna; tara-by them; vasa-
>|subdued.
119|TRANSLATION
120|Servitude [dasya], friendship [sakhya], parental affection [
>|vatsalya] and conjugal love [srngara] are the four
>|transcendental mellows [rasas]. By the devotees who cherish
>|these four mellows, Lord Krsna is subdued.
121|PURPORT
122|Dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and srngara are the transcendental
>|modes of loving service to the Lord. Santa-rasa, or the
>|neutral stage, is not mentioned in this verse because
>|although in santa-rasa one considers the Absolute Truth the
>|sublime great, one does not go beyond that conception.
>|Santa-rasa is a very grand idea for materialistic
>|philosophers, but such idealistic appreciation is only the
>|beginning; it is the lowest among the relationships in the
>|spiritual world. Santa-rasa is not given much importance
>|because as soon as there is a slight understanding between
>|the knower and the known, active loving transcendental
>|reciprocations and exchanges begin. Dasya-rasa is the basic
>|relationship between Krsna and His devotees; therefore this
>|verse considers dasya the first stage of transcendental
>|devotional service.
123|Adi 3.12
124|TEXT 12
125|TEXT
126|dasa-sakha-pita-mata-kanta-gana lana
127|vraje krida kare krsna premavista hana
128|SYNONYMS
129|dasa-servants; sakha-friends; pita-mata-father and mother;
>|kanta-gana-lovers; lana-taking; vraje-in Vraja; krida kare-
>|plays; krsna-Lord Krsna; prema-avista-absorbed in love;
>|hana-being.
130|TRANSLATION
131|Absorbed in such transcendental love, Lord Sri Krsna enjoys
>|in Vraja with His devoted servants, friends, parents and
>|conjugal lovers.
132|PURPORT
133|The descent of Sri Krsna, the Absolute Personality of
>|Godhead, is very purposeful. In the Bhagavad-gita it is
>|said that one who knows the truth about Sri Krsna's descent
>|and His various activities is at once liberated and does
>|not have to fall again to this existence of birth and death
>|after he leaves his present material body. In other words,
>|one who factually understands Krsna makes his life perfect.
>|Imperfect life is realized in material existence, in five
>|different relationships we share with everyone within the
>|material world: neutrality, servitorship, friendship,
>|filial love, and amorous love between husband and wife or
>|lover and beloved. These five enjoyable relationships
>|within the material world are perverted reflections of
>|relationships with the Absolute Personality of Godhead in
>|the transcendental nature. That Absolute Personality, Sri
>|Krsna, descends to revive the five eternally existing
>|relationships. Thus He manifests His transcendental
>|pastimes in Vraja so that people may be attracted into that
>|sphere of activities and leave aside their imitation
>|relationships with the mundane. Then, after fully
>|exhibiting all such activities, the Lord disappears.
134|Adi 3.13
135|TEXT 13
136|TEXT
137|yathesta vihari' krsna kare antardhana
138|antardhana kari' mane kare anumana
139|SYNONYMS
140|yatha-ista-as much as He wishes; vihari'-enjoying; krsna-
>|Lord Krsna; kare-makes; antardhana-disappearance;
>|antardhana kari'-disappearing; mane-in the mind; kare-He
>|makes; anumana-consideration.
141|TRANSLATION
142|Lord Krsna enjoys His transcendental pastimes as long as He
>|wishes, and then He disappears. After disappearing, however,
>| He thinks thus:
143|Adi 3.14
144|TEXT 14
145|TEXT
146|cira-kala nahi kari prema-bhakti dana
147|bhakti vina jagatera nahi avasthana
148|SYNONYMS
149|cira-kala-for a long time; nahi kari-I have not done; prema-
>|bhakti-loving devotional service; dana-giving; bhakti-
>|devotional service; vina-without; jagatera-of the universe;
>|nahi-not; avasthana-existence.
150|TRANSLATION
151|"For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving
>|service to Me upon the inhabitants of the world. Without
>|such loving attachment, the existence of the material world
>|is useless.
152|PURPORT
153|The Lord seldom awards pure transcendental love, but
>|without such pure love of God, freed from fruitive
>|activities and empiric speculation, one cannot attain
>|perfection in life.
154|Adi 3.15
155|TEXT 15
156|TEXT
157|sakala jagate more kare vidhi-bhakti
158|vidhi-bhaktye vraja-bhava paite nahi sakti
159|SYNONYMS
160|sakala-all; jagate-in the universe; more-to Me; kare-they
>|do; vidhi-bhakti-regulative devotional service; vidhi-
>|bhaktye-by regulative devotional service; vraja-bhava-the
>|feelings of those in Vraja; paite-to obtain; nahi-not;
>|sakti-the power.
161|TRANSLATION
162|"Everywhere in the world people worship Me according to
>|scriptural injunctions. But simply by following such
>|regulative principles one cannot attain the loving
>|sentiments of the devotees in Vrajabhumi.
163|Adi 3.16
164|TEXT 16
165|TEXT
166|aisvarya-jnanete saba jagat misrita
167|aisvarya-sithila-preme nahi mora prita
168|SYNONYMS
169|aisvarya-jnanete-with knowledge of the opulences; saba-all;
>|jagat-the world; misrita-mixed; aisvarya-sithila-preme-to
>|love enfeebled by opulence; nahi-there is not; mora-My;
>|prita-attraction.
170|TRANSLATION
171|"Knowing My opulences, the whole world looks upon Me with
>|awe and veneration. But devotion made feeble by such
>|reverence does not attract Me.
172|PURPORT
173|After His appearance, Lord Krsna thought that He had not
>|distributed the transcendental personal dealings with His
>|devotees in dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. One may
>|understand the science of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead from the Vedic literature and thus become a
>|devotee of the Lord and worship Him within the regulative
>|principles described in the scriptures, but one will not
>|know in this way how Krsna is served by the residents of
>|Vrajabhumi. One cannot understand the dealings of the Lord
>|in Vrndavana simply by executing the ritualistic regulative
>|principles mentioned in the scriptures. By following
>|scriptural injunctions one may enhance his appreciation for
>|the glories of the Lord, but there is no chance for one to
>|enter into personal dealings with Him. Giving too much
>|attention to understanding the exalted glories of the Lord
>|reduces the chance of one's entering into personal loving
>|affairs with the Lord. To teach the principles of such
>|loving dealings, the Lord decided to appear as Lord
>|Caitanya.
174|Adi 3.17
175|TEXT 17
176|TEXT
177|aisvarya-jnane vidhi-bhajana kariya
178|vaikunthake yaya catur-vidha mukti pana
179|SYNONYMS
180|aisvarya-jnane-in knowledge of the opulences; vidhi-
>|according to rules and regulations; bhajana-worship; kariya-
>|doing; vaikunthake-to Vaikuntha; yaya-they go; catuh-vidha-
>|four kinds; mukti-liberation; pana-achieving.
181|TRANSLATION
182|"By performing such regulated devotional service in awe and
>|veneration, one may go to Vaikuntha and attain the four
>|kinds of liberation.
183|Adi 3.18
184|TEXT 18
185|TEXT
186|sarsti, sarupya, ara samipya, salokya
187|sayujya na laya bhakta yate brahma-aikya
188|SYNONYMS
189|sarsti-opulences equal with the Lord's; sarupya-the same
>|form as the Lord's; ara-and; samipya-personal association
>|with the Lord; salokya-residence on a Vaikuntha planet;
>|sayujya-oneness with the Lord; na laya-they do not accept;
>|bhakta-devotees; yate-since; brahma-aikya-oneness with
>|Brahman.
190|TRANSLATION
191|"These liberations are sarsti [achieving opulences equal to
>|those of the Lord], sarupya [having a form the same as the
>|Lord's], samipya [living as a personal associate of the
>|Lord] and salokya [living on a Vaikuntha planet]. Devotees
>|never accept sayujya, however, since that is oneness with
>|Brahman.
192|PURPORT
193|Those engaged in devotional service according to the
>|ritualistic principles mentioned in the scriptures attain
>|these different kinds of liberation. But although such
>|devotees can attain sarsti, sarupya, samipya and salokya,
>|they are not concerned with these liberations, for such
>|devotees are satisfied only in rendering transcendental
>|loving service to the Lord. The fifth kind of liberation,
>|sayujya, is never accepted even by devotees who perform
>|only ritualistic worship. To attain sayujya, or merging
>|into the Brahman effulgence of the Supreme Personality of
>|Godhead, is the aspiration of the impersonalists. A devotee
>|never cares for sayujya liberation.
194|Adi 3.19
195|TEXT 19
196|TEXT
197|yuga-dharma pravartaimu nama-sankirtana
198|cari bhava-bhakti diya nacamu bhuvana
199|SYNONYMS
200|yuga-dharma-the religion of the age; pravartaimu-I shall
>|inaugurate; nama-sankirtana-chanting of the holy name; cari-
>|four; bhava-of the moods; bhakti-devotion; diya-giving;
>|nacamu-I shall cause to dance; bhuvana-the world.
201|TRANSLATION
202|"I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age-nama-
>|sankirtana, the congregational chanting of the holy name. I
>|shall make the world dance in ecstasy, realizing the four
>|mellows of loving devotional service.
203|Adi 3.20
204|TEXT 20
205|TEXT
206|apani karimu bhakta-bhava angikare
207|apani acari' bhakti sikhaimu sabare
208|SYNONYMS
209|apani-personally; karimu-I shall make; bhakta-bhava-the
>|position of a devotee; angikare-acceptance; apani-
>|personally; acari'-practicing; bhakti-devotional service;
>|sikhaimu-I shall teach; sabare-to all.
210|TRANSLATION
211|"I shall accept the role of a devotee, and I shall teach
>|devotional service by practicing it Myself.
212|PURPORT
213|When one associates with a pure devotee, he becomes so
>|elevated that he does not aspire even for sarsti, sarupya,
>|samipya or salokya, because he feels that such liberation
>|is a kind of sense gratification. Pure devotees do not ask
>|anything from the Lord for their personal benefit. Even if
>|offered personal benefits, pure devotees do not accept them,
>| because their only desire is to satisfy the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead by transcendental loving service. No
>|one but the Lord Himself can teach this highest form of
>|devotional service. Therefore, when the Lord took the place
>|of the incarnation of Kali-yuga to spread the glories of
>|chanting Hare Krsna-the system of worship recommended in
>|this age-He also distributed the process of devotional
>|service performed on the platform of transcendental
>|spontaneous love. To teach the highest principles of
>|spiritual life, the Lord Himself appeared as a devotee in
>|the form of Lord Caitanya.
214|Adi 3.21
215|TEXT 21
216|TEXT
217|apane na kaile dharma sikhana na yaya
218|ei ta' siddhanta gita-bhagavate gaya
219|SYNONYMS
220|apane-personally; na kaile-if not practiced; dharma-
>|religion; sikhana-the teaching; na yaya-does not advance;
>|ei-this; ta'-certainly; siddhanta-conclusion; gita-in the
>|Bhagavad-gita; bhagavate-in Srimad-Bhagavatam; gaya-they
>|sing.
221|TRANSLATION
222|"Unless one practices devotional service himself, he cannot
>|teach it to others. This conclusion is indeed confirmed
>|throughout the Gita and Bhagavatam.
223|Adi 3.22
224|TEXT 22
225|TEXT
226|yada yada hi dharmasya
227|glanir bhavati bharata
228|abhyutthanam adharmasya
229|tadatmanam srjamy aham
230|SYNONYMS
231|yada yada-whenever; hi-certainly; dharmasya-of religious
>|principles; glanih-decrease; bhavati-there is; bharata-O
>|descendant of Bharata; abhyutthanam-increase; adharmasya-of
>|irreligion; tada-then; atmanam-Myself; srjami-manifest;
>|aham-I.
232|TRANSLATION
233|" 'Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious
>|practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise
>|of irreligion-at that time I descend Myself.
234|Adi 3.23
235|TEXT 23
236|TEXT
237|paritranaya sadhunam
238|vinasaya ca duskrtam
239|dharma-samsthapanarthaya
240|sambhavami yuge yuge
241|SYNONYMS
242|paritranaya-for the deliverance; sadhunam-of the devotees;
>|vinasaya-for the destruction; ca-and; duskrtam-of the
>|miscreants; dharma-religious principles; samsthapana-
>|arthaya-for the purpose of establishing; sambhavami-I
>|appear; yuge yuge-in every age.
243|TRANSLATION
244|" 'To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants,
>|as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I
>|Myself appear, millennium after millennium.'
245|PURPORT
246|Texts 22 and 23 were spoken by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-
>|gita (4.7-8). Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from
>|the Bhagavad-gita (3.24, 21).
247|Adi 3.24
248|TEXT 24
249|TEXT
250|utsideyur ime loka
251|na kuryam karma ced aham
252|sankarasya ca karta syam
253|upahanyam imah prajah
254|SYNONYMS
255|udsideyuh-would fall into ruin; ime-these; lokah-worlds; na
>|kuryam-did not perform; karma-action; cet-if; aham-I;
>|sankarasya-of unwanted population; ca-and; karta- a
>|creator; syam-would become; upahanyam-would spoil; imah-
>|these; prajah-living entities.
256|TRANSLATION
257|" 'If I did not show the proper principles of religion, all
>|these worlds would fall into ruin. I would be a cause of
>|unwanted population and would spoil all these living beings.
>|'
258|Adi 3.25
259|TEXT 25
260|TEXT
261|yad yad acarati sresthas
262|tat tad evetaro janah
263|sa yat pramanam kurute
264|lokas tad anuvartate
265|SYNONYMS
266|yat yat-however; acarati-behaves; sresthah-the best man;
>|tat tat-that; eva-certainly; itarah-the lesser; janah-man;
>|sah-he; yat-which; pramanam-standard; kurute-shows; lokah-
>|the people; tat-that; anuvartate-follow.
267|TRANSLATION
268|" 'Whatever actions a great man performs, common people
>|follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts,
>|all the world pursues.'
269|Adi 3.26
270|TEXT 26
271|TEXT
272|yuga-dharma-pravartana haya amsa haite
273|ama vina anye nare vraja-prema dite
274|SYNONYMS
275|yuga-dharma-of the religion of the age; pravartana-the
>|inauguration; haya-is; amsa-the plenary portion; haite-from;
>| ama-for Me; vina-except; anye-another; nare-is not able;
>|vraja-prema-love like that of the residents of Vraja; dite-
>|to bestow.
276|TRANSLATION
277|"My plenary portions can establish the principles of
>|religion for each age. No one but Me, however, can bestow
>|the kind of loving service performed by the residents of
>|Vraja.
278|Adi 3.27
279|TEXT 27
280|TEXT
281|santv avatara bahavah
282|pankaja-nabhasya sarvato-bhadrah
283|krsnad anyah ko va latasv
284|api prema-do bhavati
285|SYNONYMS
286|santu-let there be; avatarah-incarnations; bahavah-many;
>|pankaja-nabhasya-of the Lord, from whose navel grows a
>|lotus flower; sarvatah-bhadrah-completely auspicious;
>|krsnat-than Lord Krsna; anyah-other; kah va-who possibly;
>|latasu-on the surrendered souls; api-also; prema-dah-the
>|bestower of love; bhavati-is.
287|TRANSLATION
288|" 'There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the
>|Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Sri Krsna
>|can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?'
289|PURPORT
290|This quotation from Bilvamangala Thakura is
>|found in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.5.37).
291|Adi 3.28
292|TEXT 28
293|TEXT
294|tahate apana bhakta-gana kari' sange
295|prthivite avatari' karimu nana range
296|SYNONYMS
297|tahate-in that; apana-My own; bhakta-gana-with devotees;
>|kari'-doing; sange-in association; prthivite-on the earth;
>|avatari'-descending; karimu-I shall perform; nana-various;
>|range-colorful pastimes.
298|TRANSLATION
299|"Therefore in the company of My devotees I shall appear on
>|earth and perform various colorful pastimes."
300|Adi 3.29
301|TEXT 29
302|TEXT
303|eta bhavi' kali-kale prathama sandhyaya
304|avatirna haila krsna apani nadiyaya
305|SYNONYMS
306|eta-thus; bhavi'-thinking; kali-kale-in the Age of Kali;
>|prathama-first; sandhyaya-in the junction; avatirna haila-
>|descended; krsna-Lord Krsna; apani-Himself; nadiyaya-in
>|Nadia.
307|TRANSLATION
308|Thinking thus, the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna
>|Himself, descended at Nadia early in the Age of Kali.
309|PURPORT
310|The prathama-sandhya is the beginning of the age. According
>|to astronomical calculation, the age is divided into twelve
>|parts. The first of these twelve divisions is known as the
>|prathama-sandhya. The prathama-sandhya and sesa-sandhya,
>|the last division of the preceding age, form the junction
>|of the two ages. According to the Surya-siddhanta, the
>|prathama-sandhya of Kali-yuga lasts 36,000 solar years.
>|Lord Caitanya appeared in the prathama-sandhya after 4,586
>|solar years of Kali-yuga had passed.
311|Adi 3.30
312|TEXT 30
313|TEXT
314|caitanya-simhera navadvipe avatara
315|simha-griva, simha-virya, simhera hunkara
316|SYNONYMS
317|caitanya-simhera-of the lionlike Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|navadvipe-at Navadvipa; avatara-the incarnation; simha-
>|griva-having the neck of a lion; simha-virya-the strength
>|of a lion; simhera hunkara-the roar of a lion.
318|TRANSLATION
319|Thus the lionlike Lord Caitanya has appeared in Navadvipa.
>|He has the shoulders of a lion, the powers of a lion, and
>|the loud voice of a lion.
320|Adi 3.31
321|TEXT 31
322|TEXT
323|sei simha vasuk jivera hrdaya-kandare
324|kalmasa-dvirada nase yanhara hunkare
325|SYNONYMS
326|sei-that; simha-lion; vasuk-let Him sit; jivera-of the
>|living entities; hrdaya-of the heart; kandare-in the cavern;
>| kalmasa-of sins; dvi-rada-the elephant; nase-destroys;
>|yanhara-of whom; hunkare-the roar.
327|TRANSLATION
328|May that lion be seated in the core of the heart of every
>|living being. Thus with His resounding roar may He drive
>|away one's elephantine vices.
329|Adi 3.32
330|TEXT 32
331|TEXT
332|prathama lilaya tanra 'visvambhara' nama
333|bhakti-rase bharila, dharila bhuta-grama
334|SYNONYMS
335|prathama-first; lilaya-in the pastimes; tanra-of Him;
>|visvambhara nama-the name Visvambhara; bhakti-rase-with the
>|mellow of devotional service; bharila-He filled; dharila-
>|saved; bhuta-grama-all the living entities.
336|TRANSLATION
337|In His early pastimes He is known as Visvambhara because He
>|floods the world with the nectar of devotion and thus saves
>|the living beings.
338|Adi 3.33
339|TEXT 33
340|TEXT
341|dubhrn dhatura artha-posana, dharana
342|pusila, dharila prema diya tri-bhuvana
343|SYNONYMS
344|