Ādi-līlāChapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 3.83

aham eva kvacid brahman

sannyāsāśramam āśritaḥ

hari-bhaktiḿ grāhayāmi

kalau pāpa-hatān narān

SYNONYMS

ahamI; eva — certainly; kvacit — somewhere; brahmanO brāhmaṇa; sannyāsa-āśramam — the renounced order of life; āśritaḥ — taking recourse to; hari-bhaktim — devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; grāhayāmiI shall give; kalauin the Age of Kali; pāpa-hatān — sinful; narānto 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."

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