CC Adi 3.27 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 27

santv avatārā bahavaḥ

paṅkaja-nābhasya sarvato-bhadrāḥ

kṛṣṇād anyaḥ ko vā latāsv

api prema-do bhavati

SYNONYMS

santu—let there be; avatārāḥ—incarnations; bahavaḥ—many; paṅkaja-nābhasya—of the Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower; sarvataḥ-bhadrāḥ—completely auspicious; kṛṣṇāt—than Lord Kṛṣṇa; anyaḥ—other; kaḥ vā—who possibly; latāsu—on the surrendered souls; api—also; prema-daḥ—the bestower of love; bhavati—is.

TRANSLATION

" 'There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?'

PURPORT

This quotation from Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura is found in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta (1.5.37).