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| Ādi-līlā | Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 4.36-37
ei vāñchā yaiche kṛṣṇa-prākaṭya-kāraṇa
asura-saḿhāra — ānuṣańga prayojana
ei mata caitanya-kṛṣṇa pūrṇa bhagavān
yuga-dharma-pravartana nahe tāńra kāma
SYNONYMS
ei — this; vāñchā — desire; yaiche — just as; kṛṣṇa — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; prākaṭya — for the manifestation; kāraṇa — reason; asura-saḿhāra — the killing of demons; ānuṣańga — secondary; prayojana — reason; ei mata — like this; caitanya — as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; pūrṇa — full; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yuga-dharma — the religion of the age; pravartana — initiating; nahe — is not; tāńra — of Him; kāma — the desire.
TRANSLATION
Just as these desires are the fundamental reason for Kṛṣṇa's appearance whereas destroying the demons is only an incidental necessity, so for Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, promulgating the dharma of the age is incidental.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness