Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 4.9

kintu krishnera yei haya avatara-kala

bhara-harana-kala tate ha-ila misala

SYNONYMS

kintu -- but; krishnera -- of Lord Krishna; yei -- that which; haya -- is; avatara -- of incarnation; kala -- the time; bhara-harana -- of taking away the burden; kala -- the time; tate -- in that; ha-ila -- there was; misala -- mixture.

TRANSLATION

But the time to lift the burden of the world mixed with the time for Lord Krishna's incarnation.

PURPORT

We have information from the Bhagavad-gita that the Lord appears at particular intervals to adjust a time-worn spiritual culture. Lord Sri Krishna appeared at the end of Dvapara-yuga to regenerate the spiritual culture of human society and also to manifest His transcendental pastimes. Vishnu is the authorized Lord who maintains the created cosmos, and He is also the principal Deity who makes adjustments when there is improper administration in the cosmic creation. But Sri Krishna, being the primeval Lord, appears not in order to make such administrative adjustments but only to exhibit His transcendental pastimes and thus attract the fallen souls back home, back to Godhead.

However, the time for administrative rectification and the time for Lord Sri Krishna's appearance coincided at the end of the last Dvapara-yuga. Therefore when Sri Krishna appeared, Vishnu, the Lord of maintenance, merged with Him because all the plenary portions and parts of the absolute Personality of Godhead merge with Him during His appearance.

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