Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 4.9

kintu krishnera yei haya avatāra-kāla

bhāra-harana-kāla tāte ha-ila miśāla

SYNONYMS

kintu — but; krishnera — of Lord Krishna; yei — that which; haya — is; avatāra — of incarnation; kāla — the time; bhāra-harana — of taking away the burden; kāla — the time; tāte — in that; ha-ila — there was; miśāla — 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-gītā that the Lord appears at particular intervals to adjust a time-worn spiritual culture. Lord Śrī Krishna appeared at the end of Dvāpara-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 Śrī 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 Śrī Krishna's appearance coincided at the end of the last Dvāpara-yuga. Therefore when Śrī 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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