CC Adi 4.99-100

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 99-100

prema-bhakti śikhāite āpane avatari

rādhā-bhāva-kānti dui aṅgīkāra kari’

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-rūpe kaila avatāra

ei ta’ pañcama ślokera artha paracāra

SYNONYMS

prema-bhakti — devotional service in love of Godhead; śikhāite — to teach; āpane — Himself; avatari — descending; rādhā-bhāva — the mood of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kānti — and luster; dui — two; aṅgīkāra kari’ — accepting; śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya — of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rūpe — in the form; kaila — made; avatāra — incarnation; ei — this; ta’ — certainly; pañcama — fifth; ślokera — of the verse; artha — meaning; paracāra — proclamation.

TRANSLATION

To promulgate prema-bhakti [devotional service in love of Godhead], Kṛṣṇa appeared as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya with the mood and complexion of Śrī Rādhā. Thus I have explained the meaning of the fifth verse.

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