CC Adi 3.83 (1975)

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

Ādi-līlā 3.82 - Ādi-līlā 3.84

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 83

aham eva kvacid brahman

sannyāsāśramam āśritaḥ

hari-bhaktiṁ grāhayāmi

kalau pāpa-hatān narān

SYNONYMS

aham—I; eva—certainly; kvacit—somewhere; brahman—O brāhmaṇa; sannyāsa-āśramam—the renounced order of life; āśritaḥ—taking recourse to; hari-bhaktim—devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; grāhayāmi—I shall give; kalau—in the Age of Kali; pāpa-hatān—sinful; narān—to men.

TRANSLATION

"O learned brāhmaṇa, sometimes I accept the renounced order of life to induce the fallen people of the Age of Kali to accept devotional service to the Lord."

Ādi-līlā 3.82 - Ādi-līlā 3.84