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| Adi-lila | Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 4.36-37
ei vancha yaiche krishna-prakatya-karana
asura-samhara -- anushanga prayojana
ei mata caitanya-krishna purna bhagavan
yuga-dharma-pravartana nahe tanra kama
SYNONYMS
ei -- this; vancha -- desire; yaiche -- just as; krishna -- of Lord Krishna; prakatya -- for the manifestation; karana -- reason; asura-samhara -- the killing of demons; anushanga -- secondary; prayojana -- reason; ei mata -- like this; caitanya -- as Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krishna -- Lord Krishna; purna -- full; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yuga-dharma -- the religion of the age; pravartana -- initiating; nahe -- is not; tanra -- of Him; kama -- the desire.
TRANSLATION
Just as these desires are the fundamental reason for Krishna's appearance whereas destroying the demons is only an incidental necessity, so for Sri Krishna Caitanya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, promulgating the dharma of the age is incidental.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness