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| Ādi-līlā | Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 3.10
ashtāvimśa catur-yuge dvāparera śeshe
vrajera sahite haya krishnera prakāśe
SYNONYMS
ashtāvimśa — twenty-eighth; catuh-yuge — in the cycle of four ages; dvāparera — of the Dvāpara-yuga; śeshe — at the end; vrajera sahite — along with Vraja; haya — is; krishnera — of Lord Krishna; prakāśe — manifestation.
TRANSLATION
At the end of the Dvāpara-yuga of the twenty-eighth divya-yuga, Lord Krishna appears on earth with the full paraphernalia of His eternal Vraja-dhāma.
PURPORT
Now is the term of Vaivasvata Manu, during which Lord Caitanya appears. First Lord Krishna appears at the close of the Dvāpara-yuga of the twenty-eighth divya-yuga, and then Lord Caitanya appears in the Kali-yuga of the same divya-yuga. Lord Krishna and Lord Caitanya appear once in each day of Brahmā, or once in fourteen manv-antaras, each of seventy-one divya-yugas in duration.
From the beginning of Brahmā's day of 4,320,000,000 years, six Manus appear and disappear before Lord Krishna appears. Thus 1,975,320,000 years of the day of Brahmā elapse before the appearance of Lord Krishna. This is an astronomical calculation according to solar years.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness