CC Adi 4.99-100 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - 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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