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Adi 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Chapter 3:

The External Reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

In this chapter the author has fully discussed the external reasons for

the descent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Supreme Personality of

Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, after displaying His pastimes as Lord Krsna,

thought it wise to make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain

personally the transcendental mellows of reciprocal service and love

exchanged between Himself and His servants, friends, parents and

fiancies. According to the Vedic literature, the foremost occupational

duty for humanity in this Age of Kali is nama-sankirtana, or

congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The incarnation

for this age especially preaches this process, but only Krsna Himself

can explain the confidential loving service performed in the four

principal varieties of loving affairs between the Supreme Lord and His

devotees. Lord Krsna therefore personally appeared, with His plenary

portions, as Lord Caitanya. As stated in this chapter, it was for this

purpose that Lord Krsna appeared personally in Navadvipa in the form of

Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Krsnadasa Kaviraja has herein presented much authentic evidence from

Srimad-Bhagavatam and other scriptures to substantiate the identity of

Lord Caitanya with Sri Krsna Himself. He has described bodily symptoms

in Lord Caitanya that are visible only in the person of the Supreme Lord,

and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His personal

associates-Sri Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa and other

devotees-to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Krsna. The

appearance of Lord Caitanya is both significant and confidential. He can

be appreciated only by pure devotees and only through the process of

devotional service. The Lord tried to conceal His identity as the

Supreme Personality of Godhead by representing Himself as a devotee, but

His pure devotees could recognize Him by His special features. The Vedas

and Puranas foretell the appearance of Lord Caitanya, but still He is

sometimes called, significantly, the concealed descent of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead.

Advaita Acarya was a contemporary of Lord Caitanya's father. He felt

sorry for the condition of the world because even after Lord Krsna's

appearance, no one had interest in devotional service to Krsna. This

forgetfulness was so overwhelming that Advaita Prabhu was convinced that

no one but Lord Krsna Himself could enlighten people about devotional

service to the Supreme Lord. Therefore Advaita requested Lord Krsna to

appear as Lord Caitanya. Offering tulasi leaves and Ganges water, He

cried for the Lord's appearance. The Lord, being satisfied by His pure

devotees, descends to satisfy them. As such, being pleased by Advaita

Acarya, Lord Caitanya appeared.

Adi 3.1

TEXT 1

TEXT

sri-caitanya-prabhum vande

yat-padasraya-viryatah

sangrhnaty akara-vratad

ajnah siddhanta-san-manin

SYNONYMS

sri-caitanya-prabhum -- to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vande -- I offer my

respectful obeisances; yat -- of whom; pada-asraya -- of the shelter of

the lotus feet; viryatah -- from the power; sangrhnati -- collects;

akara-vratat -- from the multitude of mines in the form of scriptures;

ajnah -- a fool; siddhanta -- of conclusion; sat-manin -- the best

jewels.

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. By the

potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the

valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed

scriptures.

Adi 3.2

TEXT 2

TEXT

jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda

jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda

SYNONYMS

jaya jaya -- all glories; sri-caitanya -- to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

jaya -- all glories; nityananda -- to Lord Nityananda; jaya -- all

glories; advaita-candra -- to Advaita Acarya; jaya -- all glories; gaura-

bhakta-vrnda -- to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

All glories to Lord Caitanya! All glories to Lord Nityananda! All

glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord

Caitanya!

Adi 3.3

TEXT 3

TEXT

trtiya slokera artha kaila vivarana

caturtha slokera artha suna bhakta-gana

SYNONYMS

trtiya -- third; slokera -- of the verse; artha -- meaning; kaila --

there was; vivarana -- description; caturtha -- fourth; slokera -- of

the verse; artha -- meaning; suna -- please hear; bhakta-gana -- O

devotees.

TRANSLATION

I have given the purport of the third verse. Now, O devotees, please

listen to the meaning of the fourth with full attention.

Adi 3.4

TEXT 4

TEXT

anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau

samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam

harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah

sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah

SYNONYMS

anarpita -- not bestowed; carim -- having been formerly; cirat -- for a

long time; karunaya -- by causeless mercy; avatirnah -- descended; kalau

-- in the Age of Kali; samarpayitum -- to bestow; unnata -- elevated;

ujjvala-rasam -- the conjugal mellow; sva-bhakti -- of His own service;

sriyam -- the treasure; harih -- the Supreme Lord; purata -- than gold;

sundara -- more beautiful; dyuti -- of splendor; kadamba -- with a

multitude; sandipitah -- illuminated; sada -- always; hrdaya-kandare --

in the cavity of the heart; sphuratu -- let Him be manifest; vah -- your;

saci-nandanah -- the son of mother Saci.

TRANSLATION

"May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Srimati Saci-devi be

transcendentally situated in the innermost core of your heart.

Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has descended in the

Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has

ever offered before: the most elevated mellow of devotional service, the

mellow of conjugal love."

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Vidagdha-madhava (1.2), a drama compiled

and edited by Srila Rupa Gosvami.

Adi 3.5

TEXT 5

TEXT

purna bhagavan krsna vrajendra-kumara

goloke vrajera saha nitya vihara

SYNONYMS

purna -- full; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krsna --

Lord Krsna; vrajendra-kumara -- the son of the King of Vraja; goloke --

in Goloka; vrajera saha -- along with Vrajadhama; nitya -- eternal;

vihara -- pastimes.

TRANSLATION

Lord Krsna, the son of the King of Vraja, is the Supreme Lord. He

eternally enjoys transcendental pastimes in His eternal abode, Goloka,

which includes Vrajadhama.

PURPORT

In the previous chapter it has been established that Krsna, the son of

Vrajendra (the King of Vraja), is the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

with six opulences. He eternally enjoys transcendentally variegated

opulences on His planet, which is known as Goloka. The eternal pastimes

of the Lord in the spiritual planet Krsnaloka are called aprakata, or

unmanifested, pastimes because they are beyond the purview of the

conditioned souls. Lord Krsna is always present everywhere, but when He

is not present before our eyes, He is said to be aprakata, or

unmanifested.

Adi 3.6

TEXT 6

TEXT

brahmara eka dine tinho eka-bara

avatirna hana karena prakata vihara

SYNONYMS

brahmara -- of Lord Brahma; eka -- one; dine -- in the day; tinho -- He;

eka-bara -- one time; avatirna -- descended; hana -- being; karena --

performs; prakata -- manifest; vihara -- pastimes.

TRANSLATION

Once in a day of Brahma, He descends to this world to manifest His

transcendental pastimes.

Adi 3.7

TEXT 7

TEXT

satya, treta, dvapara, kali, cari-yuga jani

sei cari-yuge divya eka-yuga mani

SYNONYMS

satya -- Satya; treta -- Treta; dvapara -- Dvapara; kali -- Kali; cari-

yuga -- four ages; jani -- we know; sei -- these; cari-yuge -- in the

four ages; divya -- divine; eka-yuga -- one age; mani -- we consider.

TRANSLATION

We know that there are four ages [yugas], namely Satya, Treta, Dvapara

and Kali. These four together constitute one divya-yuga.

Adi 3.8

TEXT 8

TEXT

ekattara catur-yuge eka manv-antara

caudda manv-antara brahmara divasa bhitara

SYNONYMS

ekattara -- seventy-one; catuh-yuge -- in cycles of four ages; eka --

one; manu-antara -- period of a Manu; caudda -- fourteen; manu-antara --

periods of Manu; brahmara -- of Lord Brahma; divasa -- a day; bhitara --

within.

TRANSLATION

Seventy-one divya-yugas constitute one manv-antara. There are fourteen

manv-antaras in one day of Brahma.

PURPORT

A manv-antara is the period controlled by one Manu. The reign of

fourteen Manus equals the length of one day (twelve hours) in the life

of Brahma, and the night of Brahma is of the same duration. These

calculations are given in the authentic astronomy book known as the

Surya-siddhanta. A Bengali translation of this book was

compiled by the great professor of astronomy and mathematics Bimal

Prasad Datta, later known as Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami, who was

our merciful spiritual master. He was honored with the title Siddhanta

Sarasvati for translating the Surya-siddhanta, and the title Gosvami

Maharaja was added when he accepted sannyasa, the renounced order of

life.

Adi 3.9

TEXT 9

TEXT

‘vaivasvata'-nama ei saptama manv-antara

sataisa catur-yuga tahara antara

SYNONYMS

vaivasvata-nama -- named Vaivasvata; ei -- this; saptama -- seventh;

manu-antara -- period of Manu; sataisa -- twenty-seven; catuh-yuga --

cycles of four ages; tahara -- of that; antara -- period.

TRANSLATION

The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of

Vivasvan]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] of his

age have now passed.

PURPORT

The names of the fourteen Manus are as follows: (1) Svayambhuva, (2)

Svarocisa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tamasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Caksusa, (7)

Vaivasvata, (8) Savarni, (9) Daksa-savarni, (10) Brahma-savarni, (11)

Dharma-savarni, (12) Rudraputra (Rudra-savarni), (13) Raucya, or Deva-

savarni, (14) and Bhautyaka, or Indra-savarni.

Adi 3.10

TEXT 10

TEXT

astavimsa catur-yuge dvaparera sese

vrajera sahite haya krsnera prakase

SYNONYMS

astavimsa -- twenty-eighth; catuh-yuge -- in the cycle of four ages;

dvaparera -- of the Dvapara-yuga; sese -- at the end; vrajera sahite --

along with Vraja; haya -- is; krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; prakase --

manifestation.

TRANSLATION

At the end of the Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-eighth divya-yuga, Lord

Krsna appears on earth with the full paraphernalia of His eternal Vraja-

dhama.

PURPORT

Now is the term of Vaivasvata Manu, during which Lord Caitanya appears.

First Lord Krsna appears at the close of the Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-

eighth divya-yuga, and then Lord Caitanya appears in the Kali-yuga of

the same divya-yuga. Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya appear once in each

day of Brahma, or once in fourteen manv-antaras, each of seventy-one

divya-yugas in duration.

From the beginning of Brahma's day of 4,320,000,000 years, six Manus

appear and disappear before Lord Krsna appears. Thus 1,975,320,000 years

of the day of Brahma elapse before the appearance of Lord Krsna. This is

an astronomical calculation according to solar years.

Adi 3.11

TEXT 11

TEXT

dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, srngara -- cari rasa

cari bhavera bhakta yata krsna tara vasa

SYNONYMS

dasya -- servitude; sakhya -- friendship; vatsalya -- parental affection;

srngara -- conjugal love; cari -- four; rasa -- mellows; cari -- four;

bhavera -- of the sentiments; bhakta -- devotees; yata -- as many as

there are; krsna -- Lord Krsna; tara -- by them; vasa -- subdued.

TRANSLATION

Servitude [dasya], friendship [sakhya], parental affection [vatsalya]

and conjugal love [srngara] are the four transcendental mellows [rasas].

By the devotees who cherish these four mellows, Lord Krsna is subdued.

PURPORT

Dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and srngara are the transcendental modes of

loving service to the Lord. Santa-rasa, or the neutral stage, is not

mentioned in this verse because although in santa-rasa one considers the

Absolute Truth the sublime great, one does not go beyond that conception.

Santa-rasa is a very grand idea for materialistic philosophers, but

such idealistic appreciation is only the beginning; it is the lowest

among the relationships in the spiritual world. Santa-rasa is not given

much importance because as soon as there is a slight understanding

between the knower and the known, active loving transcendental

reciprocations and exchanges begin. Dasya-rasa is the basic relationship

between Krsna and His devotees; therefore this verse considers dasya the

first stage of transcendental devotional service.

Adi 3.12

TEXT 12

TEXT

dasa-sakha-pita-mata-kanta-gana lana

vraje krida kare krsna premavista hana

SYNONYMS

dasa -- servants; sakha -- friends; pita-mata -- father and mother;

kanta-gana -- lovers; lana -- taking; vraje -- in Vraja; krida kare --

plays; krsna -- Lord Krsna; prema-avista -- absorbed in love; hana --

being.

TRANSLATION

Absorbed in such transcendental love, Lord Sri Krsna enjoys in Vraja

with His devoted servants, friends, parents and conjugal lovers.

PURPORT

The descent of Sri Krsna, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is very

purposeful. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that one who knows the truth

about Sri Krsna's descent and His various activities is at once

liberated and does not have to fall again to this existence of birth and

death after he leaves his present material body. In other words, one who

factually understands Krsna makes his life perfect. Imperfect life is

realized in material existence, in five different relationships we share

with everyone within the material world: neutrality, servitorship,

friendship, filial love and amorous love between husband and wife or

lover and beloved. These five enjoyable relationships within the

material world are perverted reflections of relationships with the

Absolute Personality of Godhead in the transcendental nature. That

Absolute Personality, Sri Krsna, descends to revive the five eternally

existing relationships. Thus He manifests His transcendental pastimes in

Vraja so that people may be attracted into that sphere of activities and

leave aside their imitation relationships with the mundane. Then, after

fully exhibiting all such activities, the Lord disappears.

Adi 3.13

TEXT 13

TEXT

yathesta vihari' krsna kare antardhana

antardhana kari' mane kare anumana

SYNONYMS

yatha-ista -- as much as He wishes; vihari' -- enjoying; krsna -- Lord

Krsna; kare -- makes; antardhana -- disappearance; antardhana kari' --

disappearing; mane -- in the mind; kare -- He makes; anumana --

consideration.

TRANSLATION

Lord Krsna enjoys His transcendental pastimes as long as He wishes, and

then He disappears. After disappearing, however, He thinks thus:

Adi 3.14

TEXT 14

TEXT

cira-kala nahi kari prema-bhakti dana

bhakti vina jagatera nahi avasthana

SYNONYMS

cira-kala -- for a long time; nahi kari -- I have not done; prema-bhakti

-- loving devotional service; dana -- giving; bhakti -- devotional

service; vina -- without; jagatera -- of the universe; nahi -- not;

avasthana -- existence.

TRANSLATION

"For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service to Me upon

the inhabitants of the world. Without such loving attachment, the

existence of the material world is useless.

PURPORT

The Lord seldom awards pure transcendental love, but without such pure

love of God, freed from fruitive activities and empiric speculation, one

cannot attain perfection in life.

Adi 3.15

TEXT 15

TEXT

sakala jagate more kare vidhi-bhakti

vidhi-bhaktye vraja-bhava paite nahi sakti

SYNONYMS

sakala -- all; jagate -- in the universe; more -- to Me; kare -- they do;

vidhi-bhakti -- regulative devotional service; vidhi-bhaktye -- by

regulative devotional service; vraja-bhava -- the feelings of those in

Vraja; paite -- to obtain; nahi -- not; sakti -- the power.

TRANSLATION

"Everywhere in the world people worship Me according to scriptural

injunctions. But simply by following such regulative principles one

cannot attain the loving sentiments of the devotees in Vrajabhumi.

Adi 3.16

TEXT 16

TEXT

aisvarya-jnanete saba jagat misrita

aisvarya-sithila-preme nahi mora prita

SYNONYMS

aisvarya-jnanete -- with knowledge of the opulences; saba -- all; jagat -

- the world; misrita -- mixed; aisvarya-sithila-preme -- to love

enfeebled by opulence; nahi -- there is not; mora -- My; prita --

attraction.

TRANSLATION

"Knowing My opulences, the whole world looks upon Me with awe and

veneration. But devotion made feeble by such reverence does not attract

Me.

PURPORT

After His appearance, Lord Krsna thought that He had not distributed the

transcendental personal dealings with His devotees in dasya, sakhya,

vatsalya and madhurya. One may understand the science of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead from the Vedic literatures and thus become a

devotee of the Lord and worship Him within the regulative principles

described in the scriptures, but one will not know in this way how Krsna

is served by the residents of Vrajabhumi. One cannot understand the

dealings of the Lord in Vrndavana simply by executing the ritualistic

regulative principles mentioned in the scriptures. By following

scriptural injunctions one may enhance his appreciation for the glories

of the Lord, but there is no chance for one to enter into personal

dealings with Him. Giving too much attention to understanding the

exalted glories of the Lord reduces the chance of one's entering into

personal loving affairs with the Lord. To teach the principles of such

loving dealings, the Lord decided to appear as Lord Caitanya.

Adi 3.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

aisvarya-jnane vidhi-bhajana kariya

vaikunthake yaya catur-vidha mukti pana

SYNONYMS

aisvarya-jnane -- in knowledge of the opulences; vidhi -- according to

rules and regulations; bhajana -- worship; kariya -- doing; vaikunthake -

- to Vaikuntha; yaya -- they go; catuh-vidha -- four kinds; mukti --

liberation; pana -- achieving.

TRANSLATION

"By performing such regulated devotional service in awe and veneration,

one may go to Vaikuntha and attain the four kinds of liberation.

Adi 3.18

TEXT 18

TEXT

sarsti, sarupya, ara samipya, salokya

sayujya na laya bhakta yate brahma-aikya

SYNONYMS

sarsti -- opulences equal with the Lord's; sarupya -- the same form as

the Lord's; ara -- and; samipya -- personal association with the Lord;

salokya -- residence on a Vaikuntha planet; sayujya -- oneness with the

Lord; na laya -- they do not accept; bhakta -- devotees; yate -- since;

brahma-aikya -- oneness with Brahman.

TRANSLATION

"These liberations are sarsti [achieving opulences equal to those of the

Lord], sarupya [having a form the same as the Lord's], samipya [living

as a personal associate of the Lord] and salokya [living on a Vaikuntha

planet]. Devotees never accept sayujya, however, since that is oneness

with Brahman.

PURPORT

Those engaged in devotional service according to the ritualistic

principles mentioned in the scriptures attain these different kinds of

liberation. But although such devotees can attain sarsti, sarupya,

samipya and salokya, they are not concerned with these liberations, for

such devotees are satisfied only in rendering transcendental loving

service to the Lord. The fifth kind of liberation, sayujya, is never

accepted even by devotees who perform only ritualistic worship. To

attain sayujya, or merging into the Brahman effulgence of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, is the aspiration of the impersonalists. A

devotee never cares for sayujya liberation.

Adi 3.19

TEXT 19

TEXT

yuga-dharma pravartaimu nama-sankirtana

cari bhava-bhakti diya nacamu bhuvana

SYNONYMS

yuga-dharma -- the religion of the age; pravartaimu -- I shall

inaugurate; nama-sankirtana -- chanting of the holy name; cari -- four;

bhava -- of the moods; bhakti -- devotion; diya -- giving; nacamu -- I

shall cause to dance; bhuvana -- the world.

TRANSLATION

"I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age -- nama-

sankirtana, the congregational chanting of the holy name. I shall make

the world dance in ecstasy, realizing the four mellows of loving

devotional service.

Adi 3.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

apani karimu bhakta-bhava angikare

apani acari' bhakti sikhaimu sabare

SYNONYMS

apani -- personally; karimu -- I shall make; bhakta-bhava -- the

position of a devotee; angikare -- acceptance; apani -- personally;

acari' -- practicing; bhakti -- devotional service; sikhaimu -- I shall

teach; sabare -- to all.

TRANSLATION

"I shall accept the role of a devotee, and I shall teach devotional

service by practicing it Myself.

PURPORT

When one associates with a pure devotee, he becomes so elevated that he

does not aspire even for sarsti, sarupya, samipya or salokya, because he

feels that such liberation is a kind of sense gratification. Pure

devotees do not ask anything from the Lord for their personal benefit.

Even if offered personal benefits, pure devotees do not accept them,

because their only desire is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of

Godhead by transcendental loving service. No one but the Lord Himself

can teach this highest form of devotional service. Therefore, when the

Lord took the place of the incarnation of Kali-yuga to spread the

glories of chanting Hare Krsna -- the system of worship recommended in

this age -- He also distributed the process of devotional service

performed on the platform of transcendental spontaneous love. To teach

the highest principles of spiritual life, the Lord Himself appeared as a

devotee in the form of Lord Caitanya.

Adi 3.21

TEXT 21

TEXT

apane na kaile dharma sikhana na yaya

ei ta' siddhanta gita-bhagavate gaya

SYNONYMS

apane -- personally; na kaile -- if not practiced; dharma -- religion;

sikhana -- the teaching; na yaya -- does not advance; ei -- this; ta' --

certainly; siddhanta -- conclusion; gita -- in the Bhagavad-gita;

bhagavate -- in Srimad-Bhagavatam; gaya -- they sing.

TRANSLATION

"Unless one practices devotional service himself, he cannot teach it to

others. This conclusion is indeed confirmed throughout the Gita and

Bhagavatam.

Adi 3.22

TEXT 22

TEXT

yada yada hi dharmasya

glanir bhavati bharata

abhyutthanam adharmasya

tadatmanam srjamy aham

SYNONYMS

yada yada -- whenever; hi -- certainly; dharmasya -- of religious

principles; glanih -- decrease; bhavati -- there is; bharata -- O

descendant of Bharata; abhyutthanam -- increase; adharmasya -- of

irreligion; tada -- then; atmanam -- Myself; srjami -- manifest; aham --

TRANSLATION

"‘Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O

descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion -- at that

time I descend Myself.

Adi 3.23

TEXT 23

TEXT

paritranaya sadhunam

vinasaya ca duskrtam

dharma-samsthapanarthaya

sambhavami yuge yuge

SYNONYMS

paritranaya -- for the deliverance; sadhunam -- of the devotees;

vinasaya -- for the destruction; ca -- and; duskrtam -- of the

miscreants; dharma -- religious principles; samsthapana-arthaya -- for

the purpose of establishing; sambhavami -- I appear; yuge yuge -- in

every age.

TRANSLATION

"‘To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to

reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium

after millennium.'

PURPORT

Texts 22 and 23 were spoken by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita (4.7–8).

Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from the Bhagavad-gita (3.24, 3.

21).

Adi 3.24

TEXT 24

TEXT

utsideyur ime loka

na kuryam karma ced aham

sankarasya ca karta syam

upahanyam imah prajah

SYNONYMS

utsideyuh -- would fall into ruin; ime -- these; lokah -- worlds; na

kuryam -- did not perform; karma -- action; cet -- if; aham -- I;

sankarasya -- of unwanted population; ca -- and; karta -- the creator;

syam -- would become; upahanyam -- would spoil; imah -- these; prajah --

living entities.

TRANSLATION

"‘If I did not show the proper principles of religion, all these worlds

would fall into ruin. I would be the cause of unwanted population and

would spoil all these living beings.'

Adi 3.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

yad yad acarati sresthas

tat tad evetaro janah

sa yat pramanam kurute

lokas tad anuvartate

SYNONYMS

yat yat -- however; acarati -- behaves; sresthah -- the best man; tat

tat -- that; eva -- certainly; itarah -- the lesser; janah -- man; sah --

he; yat -- which; pramanam -- standard; kurute -- shows; lokah -- the

people; tat -- that; anuvartate -- follow.

TRANSLATION

"‘Whatever actions a great man performs, common people follow. And

whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.'

Adi 3.26

TEXT 26

TEXT

yuga-dharma-pravartana haya amsa haite

ama vina anye nare vraja-prema dite

SYNONYMS

yuga-dharma -- of the religion of the age; pravartana -- the

inauguration; haya -- is; amsa -- the plenary portion; haite -- from;

ama -- for Me; vina -- except; anye -- another; nare -- is not able;

vraja-prema -- love like that of the residents of Vraja; dite -- to

bestow.

TRANSLATION

"My plenary portions can establish the principles of religion for each

age. No one but Me, however, can bestow the kind of loving service

performed by the residents of Vraja.

Adi 3.27

TEXT 27

TEXT

santv avatara bahavah

pankaja-nabhasya sarvato-bhadrah

krsnad anyah ko va latasv

api prema-do bhavati

SYNONYMS

santu -- let there be; avatarah -- incarnations; bahavah -- many;

pankaja-nabhasya -- of the Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower;

sarvatah -- bhadrah -- completely auspicious; krsnat -- than Lord Krsna;

anyah -- other; kah va -- who possibly; latasu -- on the surrendered

souls; api -- also; prema-dah -- the bestower of love; bhavati -- is.

TRANSLATION

"‘There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of

Godhead, but who other than Lord Sri Krsna can bestow love of God upon

the surrendered souls?'

PURPORT

This quotation from the writings of Bilvamangala Thakura is found in the

Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.5.37).

Adi 3.28

TEXT 28

TEXT

tahate apana bhakta-gana kari' sange

prthivite avatari' karimu nana range

SYNONYMS

tahate -- in that; apana -- My own; bhakta-gana -- with devotees; kari' -

- doing; sange -- in association; prthivite -- on the earth; avatari' --

descending; karimu -- I shall perform; nana -- various; range --

colorful pastimes.

TRANSLATION

"Therefore in the company of My devotees I shall appear on earth and

perform various colorful pastimes."

Adi 3.29

TEXT 29

TEXT

eta bhavi' kali-kale prathama sandhyaya

avatirna haila krsna apani nadiyaya

SYNONYMS

eta -- thus; bhavi' -- thinking; kali-kale -- in the Age of Kali;

prathama -- first; sandhyaya -- in the junction; avatirna haila --

descended; krsna -- Lord Krsna; apani -- Himself; nadiyaya -- in Nadia.

TRANSLATION

Thinking thus, the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna Himself, descended

at Nadia early in the Age of Kali.

PURPORT

The prathama-sandhya is the beginning of the age. According to

astronomical calculation, the age is divided into twelve parts. The

first of these twelve divisions is known as the prathama-sandhya. The

prathama-sandhya and sesa-sandhya, the last division of the preceding

age, form the junction of the two ages. According to the Surya-siddhanta,

the prathama-sandhya of Kali-yuga lasts 36,000 solar years. Lord

Caitanya appeared in the prathama-sandhya after 4,586 solar years of

Kali-yuga had passed.

Adi 3.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

caitanya-simhera navadvipe avatara

simha-griva, simha-virya, simhera hunkara

SYNONYMS

caitanya-simhera -- of the lionlike Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; navadvipe -

- at Navadvipa; avatara -- the incarnation; simha-griva -- having the

neck of a lion; simha-virya -- the strength of a lion; simhera hunkara --

the roar of a lion.

TRANSLATION

Thus the lionlike Lord Caitanya has appeared in Navadvipa. He has the

shoulders of a lion, the powers of a lion, and the loud voice of a lion.

Adi 3.31

TEXT 31

TEXT

sei simha vasuk jivera hrdaya-kandare

kalmasa-dvirada nase yanhara hunkare

SYNONYMS

sei -- that; simha -- lion; vasuk -- let Him sit; jivera -- of the

living entities; hrdaya -- of the heart; kandare -- in the cavern;

kalmasa -- of sins; dvi-rada -- the elephant; nase -- destroys; yanhara -

- of whom; hunkare -- the roar.

TRANSLATION

May that lion be seated in the core of the heart of every living being.

Thus with His resounding roar may He drive away one's elephantine vices.

Adi 3.32

TEXT 32

TEXT

prathama lilaya tanra ‘visvambhara' nama

bhakti-rase bharila, dharila bhuta-grama

SYNONYMS

prathama -- first; lilaya -- in the pastimes; tanra -- of Him;

visvambhara nama -- the name Visvambhara; bhakti-rase -- with the mellow

of devotional service; bharila -- He filled; dharila -- saved; bhuta-

grama -- all the living entities.

TRANSLATION

In His early pastimes He is known as Visvambhara because He floods the

world with the nectar of devotion and thus saves the living beings.

Adi 3.33

TEXT 33

TEXT

dubhrn dhatura artha -- posana, dharana

pusila, dharila prema diya tri-bhuvana

SYNONYMS

dubhrn -- known as dubhrn (bhr); dhatura -- of the verbal root; artha --

the meaning; posana -- nourishing; dharana -- maintaining; pusila --

nourished; dharila -- maintained; prema diya -- distributing love of God;

tri-bhuvana -- in the three worlds.

TRANSLATION

The verbal root "dubhrn" [which is the root of the word "visvambhara"]

indicates nourishing and maintaining. He [Lord Caitanya] nourishes and

maintains the three worlds by distributing love of God.

Adi 3.34

TEXT 34

TEXT

sesa-lilaya dhare nama ‘sri-krsna-caitanya'

sri-krsna janaye saba visva kaila dhanya

SYNONYMS

sesa-lilaya -- in His final pastimes; dhare -- He held; nama -- the name;

sri-krsna-caitanya -- Sri Krsna Caitanya; sri-krsna -- about Lord Krsna;

janaye -- He taught; saba -- all; visva -- the world; kaila -- made;

dhanya -- fortunate.

TRANSLATION

In His later pastimes He is known as Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya. He blesses

the whole world by teaching about the name and fame of Lord Sri Krsna.

PURPORT

Lord Caitanya remained a householder only until His twenty-fourth year

had passed. Then He entered the renounced order and remained manifest in

this material world until His forty-eighth year. Therefore His sesa-lila,

or the final portion of His activities, lasted twenty-four years.

Some so-called Vaisnavas say that the renounced order of life was not

accepted in the Vaisnava sampradaya, or disciplic succession, until Lord

Caitanya. This is not a very intelligent proposition. Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu took the sannyasa order from Sripada Kesava Bharati, who

belonged to the Sankara sect, which approves of only ten names for

sannyasis. Long before the advent of Sripada Sankaracarya, however, the

sannyasa order existed in the Vaisnava line of Visnu Svami. In the Visnu

Svami Vaisnava sampradaya, there are ten different kinds of sannyasa

names and 108 different names for sannyasis who accept the tri-danda,

the triple staff of sannyasa. This is approved by the Vedic rules.

Therefore Vaisnava sannyasa was existent even before the appearance of

Sankaracarya, although those who know nothing about Vaisnava sannyasa

unnecessarily declare that there is no sannyasa in the Vaisnava

sampradaya.

During the time of Lord Caitanya, the influence of Sankaracarya in

society was very strong. People thought that one could accept sannyasa

only in the disciplic succession of Sankaracarya. Lord Caitanya could

have performed His missionary activities as a householder, but He found

householder life an obstruction to His mission. Therefore He decided to

accept the renounced order, sannyasa. Since His acceptance of sannyasa

was also designed to attract public attention, Lord Caitanya, not

wishing to disturb the social convention, took the renounced order of

life from a sannyasi in the disciplic succession of Sankaracarya,

although sannyasa was also sanctioned in the Vaisnava sampradaya.

In the Sankara-sampradaya there are ten different names awarded to

sannyasis: (1) Tirtha, (2) Asrama, (3) Vana, (4) Aranya, (5) Giri, (6)

Parvata, (7) Sagara, (8) Sarasvati, (9) Bharati and (10) Puri. Before

one enters sannyasa, he has one of the various names for a brahmacari,

the assistant to a sannyasi. Sannyasis with the titles Tirtha and Asrama

generally stay at Dvaraka, and their brahmacari name is Svarupa. Those

known by the names Vana and Aranya stay at Purusottama, or Jagannatha

Puri, and their brahmacari name is Prakasa. Those with the names Giri,

Parvata and Sagara generally stay at Badarikasrama, and their brahmacari

name is Ananda. Those with the titles Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri

usually live at Srngeri in South India, and their brahmacari name is

Caitanya.

Sripada Sankaracarya established four monasteries in India, in the four

directions (north, south, east and west), and he entrusted them to four

sannyasis who were his disciples. Now there are hundreds of branch

monasteries under these four principal monasteries, and although there

is an official symmetry among them, there are many differences in their

dealings. The four different sects of these monasteries are known as

Anandavara, Bhogavara, Kitavara and Bhumivara, and in course of time

they have developed different ideas and different slogans.

According to the regulation of the disciplic succession, one who wishes

to enter the renounced order in Sankara's sect must first be trained as

a brahmacari under a bona fide sannyasi, The brahmacari's name is

ascertained according to the group to which the sannyasi belongs. Lord

Caitanya accepted sannyasa from Kesava Bharati. When He first approached

Kesava Bharati, He was accepted as a brahmacari with the name Sri Krsna

Caitanya Brahmacari. After He took sannyasa, He preferred to keep the

name Krsna Caitanya.

The great authorities in the disciplic succession had not offered to

explain why Lord Caitanya refused to take the name Bharati after He took

sannyasa from a Bharati, until Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami

Maharaja volunteered the explanation that because a sannyasi in the

Sankara-sampradaya thinks that he has become the Supreme, Lord Caitanya,

wanting to avoid such a misconception, kept the name Sri Krsna Caitanya,

placing Himself as an eternal servitor. A brahmacari is supposed to

serve the spiritual master; therefore He did not negate that

relationship of servitude to His spiritual master. Accepting such a

position is favorable for the relationship between the disciple and the

spiritual master.

The authentic biographies also mention that Lord Caitanya accepted the

danda (rod) and begging pot, symbolic of the sannyasa order, at the time

He took sannyasa.

Adi 3.35

TEXT 35

TEXT

tanra yugavatara jani' garga mahasaya

krsnera nama-karane kariyache nirnaya

SYNONYMS

tanra -- of Him; yuga-avatara -- incarnation for the age; jani' --

knowing; garga -- Garga Muni; mahasaya -- the great personality; krsnera

-- of Lord Krsna; nama-karane -- in the name-giving ceremony; kariyache -

- made; nirnaya -- ascertainment.

TRANSLATION

Knowing Him [Lord Caitanya] to be the incarnation for Kali-yuga, Garga

Muni, during the naming ceremony of Krsna, predicted His appearance.

Adi 3.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

asan varnas trayo hy asya

grhnato 'nu-yugam tanuh

suklo raktas tatha pita

idanim krsnatam gatah

SYNONYMS

asan -- were; varnah -- colors; trayah -- three; hi -- certainly; asya --

of this one; grhnatah -- who is manifesting; anu-yugam -- according to

the age; tanuh -- bodies; suklah -- white; raktah -- red; tatha -- thus;

pitah -- yellow; idanim -- now; krsnatam -- blackness; gatah -- obtained.

TRANSLATION

"This boy [Krsna] has three other colors -- white, red and yellow -- as

He appears in different ages. Now He has appeared in a transcendental

blackish color."

PURPORT

This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.8.13).

Adi 3.37

TEXT 37

TEXT

sukla, rakta, pita-varna -- ei tina dyuti

satya-treta-kali-kale dharena sri-pati

SYNONYMS

sukla -- white; rakta -- red; pita-varna -- the color yellow; ei --

these; tina -- three; dyuti -- lusters; satya -- in Satya-yuga; treta --

in Treta-yuga; kali-kale -- in the Age of Kali; dharena -- manifests;

sri-pati -- the husband of the goddess of fortune.

TRANSLATION

White, red and yellow -- these are the three bodily lusters that the

Lord, the husband of the goddess of fortune, assumes in the ages of

Satya, Treta and Kali respectively.

Adi 3.38

TEXT 38

TEXT

idanim dvapare tinho haila krsna-varna

ei saba sastragama-puranera marma

SYNONYMS

idanim -- now; dvapare -- in the Dvapara-yuga; tinho -- He; haila -- was;

krsna-varna -- blackish color; ei -- these; saba -- all; sastra-agama --

and Vedic literatures; puranera -- of the Puranas; marma -- the core.

TRANSLATION

Now, in the Dvapara-yuga, the Lord had descended in a blackish hue. This

is the essence of the statements in the Puranas and other Vedic

literatures with reference to the context.

Adi 3.39

TEXT 39

TEXT

dvapare bhagavan syamah

pita-vasa nijayudhah

sri-vatsadibhir ankais ca

laksanair upalaksitah

SYNONYMS

dvapare -- in the Dvapara-yuga; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of

Godhead; syamah -- blackish; pita-vasah -- having yellow clothes; nija --

own; ayudhah -- having weapons; srivatsa-adibhih -- such as Srivatsa;

ankaih -- by bodily markings; ca -- and; laksanaih -- by external

characteristics such as the Kaustubha jewel; upalaksitah --

characterized.

TRANSLATION

"In the Dvapara-yuga the Personality of Godhead appears in a blackish

hue. He is dressed in yellow, He holds His own weapons, and He is

decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and marks of Srivatsa. This is how

His symptoms are described."

PURPORT

This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.27), spoken by Saint

Karabhajana, one of the nine royal mystics who explained to King Nimi

the different features of the Lord in different ages.

Adi 3.40

TEXT 40

TEXT

kali-yuge yuga-dharma -- namera pracara

tathi lagi' pita-varna caitanyavatara

SYNONYMS

kali-yuge -- in the Age of Kali; yuga-dharma -- the religious practice

for the age; namera -- of the holy name; pracara -- propagation; tathi --

this; lagi' -- for; pita-varna -- having a yellow color; caitanya-

avatara -- the incarnation of Lord Caitanya.

TRANSLATION

The religious practice for the Age of Kali is to broadcast the glories

of the holy name. Only for this purpose has the Lord, in a yellow color,

descended as Lord Caitanya.

PURPORT

In this Age of Kali the practical system of religion for everyone is the

chanting of the name of Godhead. This was introduced in this age by Lord

Caitanya. Bhakti-yoga actually begins with the chanting of the holy name,

as confirmed by Madhvacarya in his commentary on the Mundaka Upanisad.

He quotes this verse from the Narayana-samhita:

dvapariyair janair visnuh

pancaratrais tu kevalaih

kalau tu nama-matrena

pujyate bhagavan harih

"In the Dvapara-yuga people should worship Lord Visnu only by the

regulative principles of the Narada-pancaratra and other such authorized

books. In the Age of Kali, however, people should simply chant the holy

names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The Hare Krsna mantra is

specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana

Upanisad, where it is said:

hare krsna hare krsna

krsna krsna hare hare

hare rama hare rama

rama rama hare hare

iti sodasakam namnam

kali-kalmasa-nasanam

natah parataropayah

sarva-vedesu drsyate

"After searching through all the Vedic literature, one cannot find a

method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare

Krsna."

Adi 3.41

TEXT 41

TEXT

tapta-hema-sama-kanti, prakanda sarira

nava-megha jini kantha-dhvani ye gambhira

SYNONYMS

tapta-hema -- as molten gold; sama-kanti -- same luster; prakanda --

enormous; sarira -- body; nava-megha -- new clouds; jini -- conquering;

kantha-dhvani -- the sound of the voice; ye -- that; gambhira -- deep.

TRANSLATION

The luster of His expansive body resembles molten gold. The deep sound

of His voice conquers the thundering of newly assembled clouds.

Adi 3.42

TEXT 42

TEXT

dairghya-vistare yei apanara hata

cari hasta haya ‘maha-purusa' vikhyata

SYNONYMS

dairghya -- in length; vistare -- and in breadth; yei -- who; apanara --

of his own; hata -- hand; cari -- four; hasta -- cubits; haya -- is;

maha-purusa -- as a great personality; vikhyata -- celebrated.

TRANSLATION

One who measures four cubits in height and in breadth by his own hand is

celebrated as a great personality.

Adi 3.43

TEXT 43

TEXT

‘nyagrodha-parimandala' haya tanra nama

nyagrodha-parimandala-tanu caitanya guna-dhama

SYNONYMS

nyagrodha-parimandala -- nyagrodha-parimandala; haya -- is; tanra -- of

him; nama -- the name; nyagrodha-parimandala-nyagrodha-parimandala; tanu

-- having such a body; caitanya -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; guna-dhama -

- the abode of good qualities.

TRANSLATION

Such a person is called nyagrodha-parimandala. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,

who personifies all good qualities, has the body of a nyagrodha-

parimandala.

PURPORT

No one other than the Supreme Lord Himself, who has engaged the

conditioned souls by His own illusory energy, can possess these bodily

features. These features certainly indicate an incarnation of Visnu and

no one else.

Adi 3.44

TEXT 44

TEXT

ajanulambita-bhuja kamala-locana

tilaphula-jini-nasa, sudhamsu-vadana

SYNONYMS

a-janu-lambita-bhuja -- arms that reach the knees; kamala-locana -- with

lotus eyes; tila-phula -- the blossom of the sesame plant; jini --

conquering; nasa -- whose nose; sudha-amsu-vadana -- whose face is like

the moon.

TRANSLATION

His arms are long enough to reach His knees, His eyes are just like

lotus flowers, His nose is like a sesame flower, and His face is as

beautiful as the moon.

Adi 3.45

TEXT 45

TEXT

santa, danta, krsna-bhakti-nistha-parayana

bhakta-vatsala, susila, sarva-bhute sama

SYNONYMS

santa -- peaceful; danta -- controlled; krsna-bhakti -- to the service

of Lord Krsna; nistha-parayana -- fully devoted; bhakta-vatsala --

affectionate toward the devotees; su-sila -- good character; sarva-bhute

-- to all living beings; sama -- equal.

TRANSLATION

He is peaceful, self-controlled and fully devoted to the transcendental

service of Lord Sri Krsna. He is affectionate toward His devotees, He is

gentle, and He is equally disposed toward all living beings.

Adi 3.46

TEXT 46

TEXT

candanera angada-bala, candana-bhusana

nrtya-kale pari' karena krsna-sankirtana

SYNONYMS

candanera -- of sandalwood; angada -- and armlets; bala -- bangles;

candana -- of sandalwood pulp; bhusana -- decorations; nrtya-kale -- at

the time of dancing; pari' -- putting on; karena -- does; krsna-

sankirtana -- congregational chanting of the name of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

He is decorated with sandalwood bangles and armlets and anointed with

the pulp of sandalwood. He especially wears these decorations to dance

in sri-krsna-sankirtana.

Adi 3.47

TEXT 47

TEXT

ei saba guna lana muni vaisampayana

sahasra-name kaila tanra nama-ganana

SYNONYMS

ei -- these; saba -- all; guna -- qualities; lana -- taking; muni -- the

sage; vaisampayana -- named Vaisampayana; sahasra-name -- in the Visnu-

sahasra-nama; kaila -- did; tanra -- of Him; nama-ganana -- counting of

the name.

TRANSLATION

Recording all these qualities of Lord Caitanya, the sage Vaisampayana

included His name in the Visnu-sahasra-nama.

Adi 3.48

TEXT 48

TEXT

dui lila caitanyera -- adi ara sesa

dui lilaya cari cari nama visesa

SYNONYMS

dui -- two; lila -- pastimes; caitanyera -- of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

adi -- first; ara -- and; sesa -- final; dui -- two; lilaya -- in

pastimes; cari -- four; cari -- and four; nama -- names; visesa --

specific.

TRANSLATION

The pastimes of Lord Caitanya have two divisions -- the early pastimes [

adi-lila] and the later pastimes [sesa-lila]. He has four names in each

of these two lilas.

Adi 3.49

TEXT 49

TEXT

suvarna-varno hemango

varangas candanangadi

sannyasa-krc chamah santo

nistha-santi-parayanah

SYNONYMS

suvarna -- of gold; varnah -- having the color; hema-angah -- whose body

was like molten gold; vara-angah -- having a most beautiful body;

candana-angadi -- whose body was smeared with sandalwood; sannyasa-krt --

practicing the renounced order of life; samah -- equipoised; santah --

peaceful; nistha -- devotion; santi -- and of peace; parayanah -- the

highest resort.

TRANSLATION

"In His early pastimes He appears as a householder with a golden

complexion. His limbs are beautiful, and His body, smeared with the pulp

of sandalwood, seems like molten gold. In His later pastimes He accepts

the sannyasa order, and He is equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest

abode of peace and devotion, for He silences the impersonalist

nondevotees."

PURPORT

This is a verse from the Mahabharata (Dana-dharma, Visnu-sahasra-nama-

stotra). In his commentary on the Visnu-sahasra-nama, called the

Namartha-sudha, Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, commenting upon this verse,

asserts that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead

according to the evidence of the Upanisads. He explains that suvarna-

varnah means a golden complexion. He also quotes the Vedic injunction

yada pasyah pasyate rukma-varnam kartaram isam purusam brahma-yonim (

Mundaka Up. 3.1.3). Rukma-varnam kartaram isam refers to the Supreme

Personality of Godhead as having a complexion the color of molten gold.

Purusam means the Supreme Lord, and brahma-yonim indicates that He is

also the Supreme Brahman. This evidence, too, proves that Lord Caitanya

is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna. Another meaning of the

description of the Lord as having a golden hue is that Lord Caitanya's

personality is as fascinating as gold is attractive. Srila Baladeva

Vidyabhusana has explained that the word varanga means "exquisitely

beautiful."

Lord Caitanya accepted sannyasa, leaving aside His householder life, to

preach His mission. He has equanimity in different senses. First, He

describes the confidential truth of the Personality of Godhead, and

second, He satisfies everyone by knowledge and attachment to Krsna. He

is peaceful because He renounces all topics not related to the service

of Krsna. Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana has explained that the word nistha

indicates His being rigidly fixed in chanting the holy name of Sri Krsna.

Lord Caitanya subdued all disturbing opponents of devotional service,

especially the monists, who are actually averse to the personal feature

of the Supreme Lord.

Adi 3.50

TEXT 50

TEXT

vyakta kari' bhagavate kahe bara bara

kali-yuge dharma -- nama-sankirtana sara

SYNONYMS

vyakta -- evident; kari' -- making; bhagavate -- in Srimad-Bhagavatam;

kahe -- they say; bara bara -- time and time again; kali-yuge -- in the

Age of Kali; dharma -- the religion; nama-sankirtana -- congregational

chanting of the holy name; sara -- the essence.

TRANSLATION

In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is repeatedly and clearly said that the essence

of religion in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Krsna.

Adi 3.51

TEXT 51

TEXT

iti dvapara urv-isa

stuvanti jagad-isvaram

nana-tantra-vidhanena

kalav api yatha srnu

SYNONYMS

iti -- thus; dvapare -- in the Dvapara Age; uru-isa -- O King; stuvanti -

- they praise; jagat-isvaram -- the Lord of the universe; nana --

various; tantra -- of scriptures; vidhanena -- by the regulations; kalau

-- in the Age of Kali; api -- also; yatha -- in which manner; srnu --

please hear.

TRANSLATION

"O King, in this way people in Dvapara-yuga worshiped the Lord of the

universe. In Kali-yuga they also worship the Supreme Personality of

Godhead by the regulations of the revealed scriptures. Kindly now hear

of that from me.

PURPORT

This verse is spoken by Saint Karabhajana in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.31).

Adi 3.52

TEXT 52

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam

sangopangastra-parsadam

yajnaih sankirtana-prayair

yajanti hi su-medhasah

SYNONYMS

krsna-varnam -- repeating the syllables krs-na; tvisa -- with a luster;

akrsnam -- not black (golden); sa-anga -- along with associates; upanga -

- servitors; astra -- weapons; parsadam -- confidential companions;

yajnaih -- by sacrifice; sankirtana-prayaih -- consisting chiefly of

congregational chanting; yajanti -- they worship; hi -- certainly; su-

medhasah -- intelligent persons.

TRANSLATION

"In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting

to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of

Krsna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krsna Himself. He

is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential

companions."

PURPORT

This text is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32). Srila Jiva Gosvami has

explained this verse in his commentary on the Bhagavatam, known as the

Krama-sandarbha, wherein he says that Lord Krsna also appears with a

golden complexion. That golden Lord Krsna is Lord Caitanya, who is

worshiped by intelligent men in this age. That is confirmed in Srimad-

Bhagavatam by Garga Muni, who said that although the child Krsna was

blackish, He also appears in three other colors -- red, white and yellow.

He exhibited His white and red complexions in the Satya and Treta ages

respectively. He did not exhibit the remaining color, yellow-gold, until

He appeared as Lord Caitanya, who is known as Gaura Hari.

Srila Jiva Gosvami explains that krsna-varnam means Sri Krsna Caitanya.

Krsna-varna and Krsna Caitanya are equivalent. The name Krsna appears

with both Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya Krsna. Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He always engages

in describing Krsna and thus enjoys transcendental bliss by chanting and

remembering His name and form. Lord Krsna Himself appears as Lord

Caitanya to preach the highest gospel.

Lord Caitanya always chants the holy name of Krsna and describes it also,

and because He is Krsna Himself, whoever meets Him will automatically

chant the holy name of Krsna and later describe it to others. He injects

one with transcendental Krsna consciousness, which merges the chanter in

transcendental bliss. In all respects, therefore, He appears before

everyone as Krsna, either by personality or by sound. Simply by seeing

Lord Caitanya one at once remembers Lord Krsna. One may therefore accept

Him as visnu-tattva. In other words, Lord Caitanya is Lord Krsna Himself.

Sangopangastra-parsadam further indicates that Lord Caitanya is Lord

Krsna. His body is always decorated with ornaments of sandalwood and

with sandalwood paste. By His superexcellent beauty He subdues all the

people of the age. In other descents the Lord sometimes used weapons to

defeat the demoniac, but in this age the Lord subdues them with His all-

attractive figure as Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva Gosvami explains

that His beauty is His astra, or weapon, to subdue the demons. Because

He is all-attractive, it is to be understood that all the demigods lived

with Him as His companions. His acts were uncommon and His associates

wonderful. When He propagated the sankirtana movement, He attracted many

great scholars and acaryas, especially in Bengal and Orissa. Lord

Caitanya is always accompanied by His best associates like Lord

Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara and Srivasa.

Srila Jiva Gosvami cites a verse from the Vedic literature which says

that there is no necessity of performing sacrificial demonstrations or

ceremonial functions. He comments that instead of engaging in such

external, pompous exhibitions, all people, regardless of caste, color or

creed, can assemble together and chant Hare Krsna to worship Lord

Caitanya. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam [SB 11.5.32] indicates that

prominence should be given to the name of Krsna. Lord Caitanya taught

Krsna consciousness and chanted the name of Krsna. Therefore, to worship

Lord Caitanya, everyone should together chant the maha-mantra -- Hare

Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama

Rama, Hare Hare. To propagate worship in churches, temples or mosques is

not possible, because people have lost interest in that. But anywhere

and everywhere, people can chant Hare Krsna. Thus worshiping Lord

Caitanya, they can perform the highest activity and fulfill the highest

religious purpose of satisfying the Supreme Lord.

Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, a famous disciple of Lord Caitanya, said,

"The principle of transcendental devotional service having been lost,

Sri Krsna Caitanya has appeared in order to deliver again the process of

devotion. He is so kind that He is distributing love of Krsna. Everyone

should be attracted more and more to His lotus feet, as humming bees are

attracted to a lotus flower."

Adi 3.53

TEXT 53

TEXT

suna, bhai, ei saba caitanya-mahima

ei sloke kahe tanra mahimara sima

SYNONYMS

suna -- please hear; bhai -- O brothers; ei -- this; saba -- all;

caitanya -- of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mahima -- the glories; ei --

this; sloke -- verse; kahe -- says; tanra -- of Him; mahimara -- of the

glories; sima -- the limit.

TRANSLATION

My dear brothers, please hear all these glories of Lord Caitanya. This

verse clearly summarizes His activities and characteristics.

Adi 3.54

TEXT 54

TEXT

‘krsna' ei dui varna sada yanra mukhe

athava, krsnake tinho varne nija sukhe

SYNONYMS

krsna -- krs-na; ei -- these; dui -- two; varna -- syllables; sada --

always; yanra -- of whom; mukhe -- in the mouth; athava -- or else;

krsnake -- Lord Krsna; tinho -- He; varne -- describes; nija -- His own;

sukhe -- in happiness.

TRANSLATION

The two syllables "krs-na" are always in His mouth; or, He constantly

describes Krsna with great pleasure.

Adi 3.55

TEXT 55

TEXT

krsna-varna-sabdera artha dui ta pramana

krsna vinu tanra mukhe nahi aise ana

SYNONYMS

krsna-varna-sabdera -- of the word krsna-varna; artha -- the meaning;

dui -- two; ta -- certainly; pramana -- examples; krsna -- Krsna; vinu --

except for; tanra -- of Him; mukhe -- in the mouth; nahi aise -- does

not come; ana -- anything else.

TRANSLATION

These are two meanings of the word "krsna-varna." Indeed, nothing else

but Krsna issues from His mouth.

Adi 3.56

TEXT 56

TEXT

keha tanre bale yadi krsna-varana

ara visesane tara kare nivarana

SYNONYMS

keha -- someone; tanre -- to Him; bale -- ascribes; yadi -- if; krsna --

black; varana -- the color; ara -- another; visesane -- in the adjective;

tara -- of that; kare -- does; nivarana -- prevention.

TRANSLATION

If someone tries to describe Him as being of blackish complexion, the

next adjective [tvisa akrsnam] immediately restricts him.

Adi 3.57

TEXT 57

TEXT

deha-kantye haya tenho akrsna-varana

akrsna-varane kahe pita-varana

SYNONYMS

deha-kantye -- in the luster of the body; haya -- is; tenho -- He;

akrsna -- not black; varana -- the color; akrsna-varane -- by a color

that is not blackish; kahe -- one means; pita -- yellow; varana -- the

color.

TRANSLATION

His complexion is certainly not blackish. Indeed, His not being blackish

indicates that His complexion is yellow.

Adi 3.58

TEXT 58

TEXT

kalau yam vidvamsah sphutam abhiyajante dyuti-bharad

akrsnangam krsnam makha-vidhibhir utkirtana-mayaih

upasyam ca prahur yam akhila-caturthasrama-jusam

sa devas caitanyakrtir atitaram nah krpayatu

SYNONYMS

kalau -- in the Age of Kali; yam -- Him whom; vidvamsah -- the learned

men; sphutam -- clearly manifested; abhiyajante -- worship; dyuti-bharat

-- due to an abundance of bodily luster; akrsna-angam -- whose body is

not blackish; krsnam -- Lord Krsna; makha-vidhibhih -- by the

performances of sacrifice; utkirtana-mayaih -- consisting of loud

chanting of the holy name; upasyam -- worshipable object; ca -- and;

prahuh -- they said; yam -- whom; akhila -- all; caturtha-asrama-jusam --

of those who are in the fourth order of life (sannyasa); sah -- He;

devah -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; caitanya-akrtih -- having

the form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; atitaram -- excessively; nah --

unto us; krpayatu -- let Him show His mercy.

TRANSLATION

"By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name,

learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship Lord Krsna, who is now

nonblackish because of the great upsurge of the feelings of Srimati

Radharani. He is the only worshipable Deity for the paramahamsas, who

have attained the highest stage of the fourth order [sannyasa]. May that

Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great

causeless mercy."

PURPORT

This verse is Dvitiya Sri Caitanyastaka 1, from the Stava-mala of Srila

Rupa Gosvami.

Adi 3.59

TEXT 59

TEXT

pratyaksa tanhara tapta-kancanera dyuti

yanhara chataya nase ajnana-tamastati

SYNONYMS

pratyaksa -- vivid; tanhara -- of Him; tapta -- molten; kancanera -- of

gold; dyuti -- effulgence; yanhara -- of whom; chataya -- by the luster;

nase -- destroys; ajnana -- of ignorance; tamastati -- the extent of the

darkness.

TRANSLATION

One can vividly see His glowing complexion of molten gold, which dispels

the darkness of ignorance.

Adi 3.60

TEXT 60

TEXT

jivera kalmasa-tamo nasa karibare

anga-upanga-nama nana astra dhare

SYNONYMS

jivera -- of the living entity; kalmasa -- of sinful activities; tamah --

the darkness; nasa karibare -- for destroying; anga -- associates;

upanga -- devotees; nama -- holy names; nana -- various; astra --

weapons; dhare -- He holds.

TRANSLATION

The sinful life of the living beings results from ignorance. To destroy

that ignorance, He has brought various weapons, such as His plenary

associates, His devotees and the holy name.

Adi 3.61

TEXT 61

TEXT

bhaktira virodhi karma-dharma va adharma

tahara ‘kalmasa' nama, sei maha-tamah

SYNONYMS

bhaktira -- to devotional service; virodhi -- averse; karma -- activity;

dharma -- religious; va -- or; adharma -- irreligious; tahara -- of that;

kalmasa -- sin; nama -- the name; sei -- this; maha-tamah -- great

darkness.

TRANSLATION

The greatest ignorance consists of activities, whether religious or

irreligious, that are opposed to devotional service. They are to be

known as sins [kalmasa].

Adi 3.62

TEXT 62

TEXT

bahu tuli' hari bali' prema-drstye caya

kariya kalmasa nasa premete bhasaya

SYNONYMS

bahu tuli' -- raising the arms; hari bali' -- chanting the holy name;

prema-drstye -- with His glance of deep love; caya -- He looks; kariya --

causing; kalmasa -- to sins; nasa -- destruction; premete -- in love of

God; bhasaya -- He floods.

TRANSLATION

Raising His arms, chanting the holy name and looking upon all with deep

love, He drives away all sins and floods everyone with love of Godhead.

Adi 3.63

TEXT 63

TEXT

smitalokah sokam harati jagatam yasya parito

giram tu prarambhah kusala-patalim pallavayati

padalambhah kam va pranayati na hi prema-nivaham

sa devas caitanyakrtir atitaram nah krpayatu

SYNONYMS

smita -- smiling; alokah -- glance; sokam -- the bereavement; harati --

takes away; jagatam -- of the world; yasya -- whose; paritah -- all

around; giram -- of the speech; tu -- also; prarambhah -- the beginning;

kusala -- of auspiciousness; patalim -- the mass; pallavayati -- causes

to blossom; pada-alambhah -- the taking hold of the lotus feet; kam va --

what possibly; pranayati -- leads to; na -- not; hi -- certainly; prema-

nivaham -- quantity of love of Godhead; sah -- He; devah -- the Supreme

Personality of Godhead; caitanya-akrtih -- having the form of Lord

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; atitaram -- excessively; nah -- unto us; krpayatu --

may He show His mercy.

TRANSLATION

"May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of Lord Sri Caitanya

bestow His causeless mercy upon us. His smiling glance at once drives

away all the bereavements of the world, and His very words enliven the

auspicious creepers of devotion by expanding their leaves. Taking

shelter of His lotus feet invokes transcendental love of God at once."

PURPORT

This verse is Dvitiya Sri Caitanyastaka 8, from the Stava-mala of Srila

Rupa Gosvami.

Adi 3.64

TEXT 64

TEXT

sri-anga, sri-mukha yei kare darasana

tara papa-ksaya haya, paya prema-dhana

SYNONYMS

sri-anga -- His body; sri-mukha -- His face; yei -- anyone who; kare --

does; darasana -- seeing; tara -- of him; papa-ksaya -- destruction of

sins; haya -- there is; paya -- obtains; prema-dhana -- the wealth of

love of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Anyone who looks upon His beautiful body or beautiful face becomes freed

from all sins and obtains the wealth of love of Godhead.

Adi 3.65

TEXT 65

TEXT

anya avatare saba sainya-sastra sange

caitanya-krsnera sainya anga-upange

SYNONYMS

anya -- other; avatare -- in incarnations; saba -- all; sainya --

soldiers; sastra -- and weapons; sange -- along with; caitanya-krsnera --

of Lord Krsna as Lord Caitanya; sainya -- soldiers; anga -- plenary

parts; upange -- and associates.

TRANSLATION

In other incarnations the Lord descended with armies and weapons, but in

this incarnation His soldiers are His plenary parts and associates.

Adi 3.66

TEXT 66

TEXT

sadopasyah sriman dhrta-manuja-kayaih pranayitam

vahadbhir gir-vanair girisa-paramesthi-prabhrtibhih

sva-bhaktebhyah suddham nija-bhajana-mudram upadisan

sa caitanyah kim me punar api drsor yasyati padam

SYNONYMS

sada -- always; upasyah -- worshipable; sriman -- beautiful; dhrta --

who accepted; manuja-kayaih -- the bodies of men; pranayitam -- love;

vahadbhih -- who were bearing; gih-vanaih -- by the demigods; girisa --

Lord Siva; paramesthi -- Lord Brahma; prabhrtibhih -- headed by; sva-

bhaktebhyah -- unto His own devotees; suddham -- pure; nija-bhajana --

of His own worship; mudram -- the mark; upadisan -- instructing; sah --

He; caitanyah -- Lord Caitanya; kim -- what; me -- my; punah -- again;

api -- certainly; drsoh -- of the two eyes; yasyati -- He will go; padam

-- to the abode.

TRANSLATION

"Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always the most worshipable Deity of

the demigods, including Lord Siva and Lord Brahma, who came in the garb

of ordinary men, bearing love for Him. He instructs His own pure

devotional service to His own devotees. Will He again be the object of

my vision?"

PURPORT

This verse is Prathama Sri Caitanyastaka 1, from the Stava-mala of Srila

Rupa Gosvami.

Adi 3.67

TEXT 67

TEXT

angopanga astra kare sva-karya-sadhana

‘anga'-sabdera artha ara suna diya mana

SYNONYMS

anga-upanga -- plenary parts and associates; astra -- weapons; kare --

do; sva-karya -- of their own business; sadhana -- as the accomplishment;

anga-sabdera -- of the word anga; artha -- the meaning; ara -- another;

suna -- please hear; diya -- giving; mana -- the mind.

TRANSLATION

His plenary parts and associates perform the work of weapons as their

own specific duties. Please hear from me another meaning of the word "

anga."

Adi 3.68

TEXT 68

TEXT

‘anga'-sabde amsa kahe sastra-paramana

angera avayava ‘upanga'-vyakhyana

SYNONYMS

anga-sabde -- by the word anga, or limb; amsa -- part; kahe -- says;

sastra -- of the scriptures; paramana -- the evidence; angera -- of the

limb; avayava -- the constituent part; upanga-vyakhyana -- the

exposition of the word upanga.

TRANSLATION

According to the evidence of the revealed scriptures, a bodily limb [

anga] is also called a part [amsa], and a part of a limb is called a

partial part [upanga].

Adi 3.69

TEXT 69

TEXT

narayanas tvam na hi sarva-dehinam

atmasy adhisakhila-loka-saksi

narayano 'ngam nara-bhu-jalayanat

tac capi satyam na tavaiva maya

SYNONYMS

narayanah -- Lord Narayana; tvam -- You; na -- not; hi -- certainly;

sarva -- all; dehinam -- of the embodied beings; atma -- the Supersoul;

asi -- You are; adhisa -- O Lord; akhila-loka -- of all the worlds;

saksi -- the witness; narayanah -- known as Narayana; angam -- plenary

portion; nara -- of Nara; bhu -- born; jala -- in the water; ayanat --

due to the place of refuge; tat -- that; ca -- and; api -- certainly;

satyam -- highest truth; na -- not; tava -- Your; eva -- at all; maya --

the illusory energy.

TRANSLATION

"O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are indeed

everyone's dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my father, Narayana? ‘

Narayana' refers to one whose abode is in the water born from Nara [

Garbhodakasayi Visnu], and that Narayana is Your plenary portion. All

Your plenary portions are transcendental. They are absolute and are not

creations of maya."

PURPORT

This text was spoken to Lord Krsna by Brahma in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.

14).

Adi 3.70

TEXT 70

TEXT

jala-sayi antar-yami yei narayana

seho tomara amsa, tumi mula narayana

SYNONYMS

jala-sayi -- lying in the water; antah-yami -- indwelling Supersoul; yei

-- He who; narayana -- Lord Narayana; seho -- He; tomara -- Your; amsa --

plenary portion; tumi -- You; mula -- original; narayana -- Narayana.

TRANSLATION

The manifestation of the Narayana who predominates in everyone's heart,

as well as the Narayana who lives in the waters [Karana, Garbha and

Ksira], is Your plenary portion. You are therefore the original Narayana.

Adi 3.71

TEXT 71

TEXT

‘anga'-sabde amsa kahe, seho satya haya

maya-karya nahe -- saba cid-ananda-maya

SYNONYMS

anga-sabde -- by the word anga; amsa -- plenary portion; kahe -- one

means; seho -- that; satya -- the truth; haya -- is; maya -- of the

material energy; karya -- the work; nahe -- is not; saba -- all; cit-

ananda-maya -- full of knowledge and bliss.

TRANSLATION

The word "anga" indeed refers to plenary portions. Such manifestations

should never be considered products of material nature, for they are all

transcendental, full of knowledge and full of bliss.

PURPORT

In the material world, if a fragment is taken from an original object,

the original object is reduced by the removal of that fragment. But the

Supreme Personality of Godhead is not at all affected by the actions of

maya. The Isopanisad says:

om purnam adah purnam idam

purnat purnam udacyate

purnasya purnam adaya

purnam evavasisyate

"The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is

completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal

world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced

of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the

complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He

remains the complete balance." (Sri Isopanisad, Invocation)

In the realm of the Absolute, one plus one equals one, and one minus one

equals one. Therefore one should not conceive of a fragment of the

Supreme Lord in the material sense. In the spiritual world there is no

influence of the material energy or material calculations of fragments.

In the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that the

living entities are His parts and parcels. There are innumerable living

entities throughout the material and spiritual universes, but still Lord

Krsna is full in Himself. To think that God has lost His personality

because His many parts and parcels are distributed all over the universe

is an illusion. That is a material calculation. Such calculations are

possible only under the influence of the material energy, maya. In the

spiritual world the material energy is conspicuous only by its absence.

In the category of visnu-tattva there is no loss of power from one

expansion to the next, any more than there is a loss of illumination as

one candle kindles another. Thousands of candles may be kindled by an

original candle, and all will have the same candle power. In this way it

is to be understood that although all the visnu-tattvas, from Krsna and

Lord Caitanya to Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha and so on, appear with different

features in different ages, all are equally invested with supreme

potency.

Demigods such as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva come in contact with the

material energy, and their power and potency are therefore of different

gradations. All the incarnations of Visnu, however, are equal in potency,

for the influence of maya cannot even approach Them.

Adi 3.72

TEXT 72

TEXT

advaita, nityananda -- caitanyera dui anga

angera avayava-gana kahiye upanga

SYNONYMS

advaita -- Advaita Acarya; nityananda -- Lord Nityananda; caitanyera --

of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dui -- two; anga -- limbs; angera -- of the

limbs; avayava-gana -- the constituent parts; kahiye -- I say; upanga --

parts.

TRANSLATION

Sri Advaita Prabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu are both plenary portions

of Lord Caitanya. Thus They are the limbs [angas] of His body. The parts

of these two limbs are called the upangas.

Adi 3.73

TEXT 73

TEXT

angopanga tiksna astra prabhura sahite

sei saba astra haya pasanda dalite

SYNONYMS

anga-upanga -- plenary portions and parts; tiksna -- sharp; astra --

weapons; prabhura sahite -- along with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sei --

these; saba -- all; astra -- weapons; haya -- are; pasanda -- the

atheists; dalite -- to trample.

TRANSLATION

Thus the Lord is equipped with sharp weapons in the form of His parts

and plenary portions. All these weapons are competent enough to crush

the faithless atheists.

PURPORT

The word pasanda is very significant here. One who compares the Supreme

Personality of Godhead to the demigods is known as a pasanda. Pasandas

try to bring the Supreme Lord down to a mundane level. Sometimes they

create their own imaginary God or accept an ordinary person as God and

advertise him as equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They are

so foolish that they present someone as the next incarnation of Lord

Caitanya or Krsna although his activities are all contradictory to those

of a genuine incarnation, and thus they fool the innocent public. One

who is intelligent and who studies the characteristics of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead with reference to the Vedic context cannot be

bewildered by the pasandas.

Pasandas, or atheists, cannot understand the pastimes of the Supreme

Lord or transcendental loving service to the Lord. They think that

devotional service is no better than ordinary fruitive activities (karma)

. As the Bhagavad-gita (4.8) confirms, however, the Supreme Personality

of Godhead and His devotees, saving the righteous and chastising the

miscreants (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam), always curb

these nonsensical atheists. Miscreants always want to deny the Supreme

Personality of Godhead and put stumbling blocks in the path of

devotional service. The Lord sends His bona fide representatives and

appears Himself to curb this nonsense.

Adi 3.74

TEXT 74

TEXT

nityananda gosani saksat haladhara

advaita acarya gosani saksat isvara

SYNONYMS

nityananda gosani -- Lord Nityananda Gosani; saksat -- directly; hala-

dhara -- Lord Balarama, the holder of the plow; advaita acarya gosani --

Sri Advaita Acarya Gosani; saksat -- directly; isvara -- the Personality

of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Sri Nityananda Gosani is directly Haladhara [Lord Balarama], and Advaita

Acarya is the Personality of Godhead Himself.

Adi 3.75

TEXT 75

TEXT

srivasadi parisada sainya sange lana

dui sena-pati bule kirtana kariya

SYNONYMS

srivasa-adi -- Srivasa and others; parisada -- associates; sainya --

soldiers; sange -- along with; lana -- taking; dui -- two; sena-pati --

captains; bule -- travel; kirtana kariya -- chanting the holy name.

TRANSLATION

These two captains, with Their soldiers such as Srivasa Thakura, travel

everywhere, chanting the holy name of the Lord.

Adi 3.76

TEXT 76

TEXT

pasanda-dalana-vana nityananda raya

acarya-hunkare papa-pasandi palaya

SYNONYMS

pasanda-dalana -- of trampling the atheists; vana -- having the feature;

nityananda -- Lord Nityananda; raya -- the honorable; acarya -- of

Advaita Acarya; hunkare -- by the war cry; papa -- sins; pasandi -- and

atheists; palaya -- run away.

TRANSLATION

Lord Nityananda's very features indicate that He is the subduer of the

unbelievers. All sins and unbelievers flee from the loud shouts of

Advaita Acarya.

Adi 3.77

TEXT 77

TEXT

sankirtana-pravartaka sri-krsna-caitanya

sankirtana-yajne tanre bhaje, sei dhanya

SYNONYMS

sankirtana-pravartaka -- the initiator of congregational chanting; sri-

krsna-caitanya -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sankirtana -- of

congregational chanting; yajne -- by the sacrifice; tanre -- Him; bhaje -

- worships; sei -- he; dhanya -- fortunate.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya is the initiator of sankirtana [congregational

chanting of the holy name of the Lord]. One who worships Him through

sankirtana is fortunate indeed.

Adi 3.78

TEXT 78

TEXT

sei ta' sumedha, ara kubuddhi samsara

sarva-yajna haite krsna-nama-yajna sara

SYNONYMS

sei -- he; ta' -- certainly; su-medha -- intelligent; ara -- others; ku-

buddhi -- poor understanding; samsara -- in the material world; sarva-

yajna haite -- than all other sacrifices; krsna-nama -- of chanting the

name of Lord Krsna; yajna -- the sacrifice; sara -- the best.

TRANSLATION

Such a person is truly intelligent, whereas others, who have but a poor

fund of knowledge, must endure the cycle of repeated birth and death. Of

all sacrificial performances, the chanting of the Lord's holy name is

the most sublime.

PURPORT

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the father and inaugurator of the

sankirtana movement. One who worships Him by sacrificing his life, money,

intelligence and words for the sankirtana movement is recognized by the

Lord and endowed with His blessings. All others may be said to be

foolish, for of all sacrifices in which a man may apply his energy, a

sacrifice made for the sankirtana movement is the most glorious.

Adi 3.79

TEXT 79

TEXT

koti asvamedha eka krsna nama sama

yei kahe, se pasandi, dande tare yama

SYNONYMS

koti -- ten million; asvamedha -- horse sacrifices; eka -- one; krsna --

of Lord Krsna; nama -- name; sama -- equal to; yei -- one who; kahe --

says; se -- he; pasandi -- atheist; dande -- punishes; tare -- him; yama

-- Yamaraja.

TRANSLATION

One who says that ten million asvamedha sacrifices are equal to the

chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna is undoubtedly an atheist. He is

sure to be punished by Yamaraja.

PURPORT

In the list of the ten kinds of offenses in chanting the holy name of

the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hare Krsna, the eighth offense is

dharma-vrata-tyaga-hutadi-sarva-subha-kriya-samyam api pramadah. One

should never consider the chanting of the holy name of Godhead equal to

pious activities like giving charity to brahmanas or saintly persons,

opening charitable educational institutions, distributing free food and

so on. The results of pious activities do not equal the results of

chanting the holy name of Krsna.

The Vedic scriptures say:

go-koti-danam grahane khagasya

prayaga-gangodaka-kalpa-vasah

yajnayutam meru-suvarna-danam

govinda-kirter na samam satamsaih

"Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse

of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna for

millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the

brahmanas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from

chanting Hare Krsna." In other words, one who accepts the chanting of

Hare Krsna to be some kind of pious activity is completely misled. Of

course, it is pious; but the real fact is that Krsna and His name, being

transcendental, are far above all mundane pious activity. Pious activity

is on the material platform, but chanting of the holy name of Krsna is

completely on the spiritual plane. Therefore, although pasandis do not

understand this, pious activity can never compare to the chanting of the

holy name.

Adi 3.80

TEXT 80

TEXT

‘bhagavata-sandarbha'-granthera mangalacarane

e-sloka jiva-gosani kariyachena vyakhyane

SYNONYMS

bhagavata-sandarbha-granthera -- of the book called Bhagavata-sandarbha;

mangala-acarane -- in the auspicious introduction; e-sloka -- this verse;

jiva-gosani -- Jiva Gosvami; kariyachena -- has made; vyakhyane -- in

explaining.

TRANSLATION

In the auspicious introduction to the Bhagavata-sandarbha, Srila Jiva

Gosvami has given the following verse as an explanation.

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TEXT 81

TEXT

antah krsnam bahir gauram

darsitangadi-vaibhavam

kalau sankirtanadyaih sma

krsna-caitanyam asritah

SYNONYMS

antah -- internally; krsnam -- Lord Krsna; bahih -- externally; gauram --

fair-colored; darsita -- displayed; anga -- limbs; adi -- beginning

with; vaibhavam -- expansions; kalau -- in the Age of Kali; sankirtana-

adyaih -- by congregational chanting, etc.; sma -- certainly; krsna-

caitanyam -- unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; asritah -- sheltered.

TRANSLATION

"I take shelter of Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is outwardly

of a fair complexion but is inwardly Krsna Himself. In this Age of Kali

He displays His expansions [His angas and upangas] by performing

congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord."

PURPORT

Srila Jiva Gosvami has placed the verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam quoted in

text 52 (krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam [SB 11.5.32]) as the auspicious

introduction to his Bhagavata-sandarbha, or Sat-sandarbha. He has

composed this text (81), which is, in effect, an explanation of the

Bhagavatam verse, as the second verse of the same work. The verse from

Srimad-Bhagavatam was enunciated by Karabhajana, one of the nine great

sages, and it is elaborately explained by the Sarva-samvadini, Jiva

Gosvami's commentary on his own Sat-sandarbha.

Antah krsna refers to one who is always thinking of Krsna. This attitude

is a predominant feature of Srimati Radharani. Even though many devotees

always think of Krsna, none can surpass the gopis, among whom Radharani

is the leader in thinking of Krsna. Radharani's Krsna consciousness

surpasses that of all other devotees. Lord Caitanya accepted the

position of Srimati Radharani to understand Krsna; therefore He was

always thinking of Krsna in the same way as Radharani. By thinking of

Lord Krsna, He always overlapped Krsna.

Sri Krsna Caitanya, who was outwardly very fair, with a complexion like

molten gold, simultaneously manifested His eternal associates, opulences,

expansions and incarnations. He preached the process of chanting Hare

Krsna, and those who are under His lotus feet are glorious.

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TEXT 82

TEXT

upa-puraneha suni sri-krsna-vacana

krpa kari vyasa prati kariyachena kathana

SYNONYMS

upa-puraneha -- in the Upapuranas; suni -- we hear; sri-krsna-vacana --

the words of Lord Krsna; krpa kari -- having mercy; vyasa prati --

toward Vyasadeva; kariyachena -- He did; kathana -- speaking.

TRANSLATION

In the Upapuranas we hear Sri Krsna showing His mercy to Vyasadeva by

speaking to him as follows.

Adi 3.83

TEXT 83

TEXT

aham eva kvacid brahman

sannyasasramam asritah

hari-bhaktim grahayami

kalau papa-hatan naran

SYNONYMS

aham -- I; eva -- certainly; kvacit -- somewhere; brahman -- O brahmana;

sannyasa-asramam -- the renounced order of life; asritah -- taking

recourse to; hari-bhaktim -- devotional service to the Supreme

Personality of Godhead; grahayami -- I shall give; kalau -- in the Age

of Kali; papa-hatan -- sinful; naran -- to men.

TRANSLATION

"O learned brahmana, 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."

Adi 3.84

TEXT 84

TEXT

bhagavata, bharata-sastra, agama, purana

caitanya-krsna-avatare prakata pramana

SYNONYMS

bhagavata -- Srimad-Bhagavatam; bharata-sastra -- Mahabharata; agama --

Vedic literatures; purana -- the Puranas; caitanya -- as Lord Caitanya

Mahaprabhu; krsna -- of Lord Krsna; avatare -- in the incarnation;

prakata -- displayed; pramana -- evidence.

TRANSLATION

Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Mahabharata, the Puranas and other Vedic

literatures all give evidence to prove that Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya

Mahaprabhu is the incarnation of Krsna.

Adi 3.85

TEXT 85

TEXT

pratyakse dekhaha nana prakata prabhava

alaukika karma, alaukika anubhava

SYNONYMS

pratyakse -- directly; dekhaha -- just see; nana -- various; prakata --

manifested; prabhava -- influence; alaukika -- uncommon; karma --

activities; alaukika -- uncommon; anubhava -- realizations in Krsna

consciousness.

TRANSLATION

One can also directly see Lord Caitanya's manifest influence in His

uncommon deeds and uncommon Krsna conscious realization.

Adi 3.86

TEXT 86

TEXT

dekhiya na dekhe yata abhaktera gana

uluke na dekhe yena suryera kirana

SYNONYMS

dekhiya -- seeing; na dekhe -- they do not see; yata -- all; abhaktera --

of nondevotees; gana -- crowds; uluke -- the owl; na dekhe -- does not

see; yena -- just as; suryera -- of the sun; kirana -- rays.

TRANSLATION

But faithless unbelievers do not see what is clearly evident, just as

owls do not see the rays of the sun.

Adi 3.87

TEXT 87

TEXT

tvam sila-rupa-caritaih parama-prakrstaih

sattvena sattvikataya prabalais ca sastraih

prakhyata-daiva-paramartha-vidam matais ca

naivasura-prakrtayah prabhavanti boddhum

SYNONYMS

tvam -- You; sila -- character; rupa -- forms; caritaih -- by acts;

parama -- most; prakrstaih -- eminent; sattvena -- by uncommon power;

sattvikataya -- with the quality of predominant goodness; prabalaih --

great; ca -- and; sastraih -- by the scriptures; prakhyata -- renowned;

daiva -- divine; parama-artha-vidam -- of those who know the highest

goal; mataih -- by the opinions; ca -- and; na -- not; eva -- certainly;

asura-prakrtayah -- those whose disposition is demoniac; prabhavanti --

are able; boddhum -- to know.

TRANSLATION

"O my Lord, those influenced by demoniac principles cannot realize You,

although You are clearly the Supreme by dint of Your exalted activities,

forms, character and uncommon power, which are confirmed by all the

revealed scriptures in the quality of goodness and the celebrated

transcendentalists in the divine nature."

PURPORT

This is a verse from the Stotra-ratna (12) of Yamunacarya, the spiritual

master of Ramanujacarya. The authentic scriptures describe the

transcendental activities, features, form and qualities of Krsna, and

Krsna explains Himself in the Bhagavad-gita, the most authentic

scripture in the world. He is further explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam,

which is considered the explanation of the Vedanta-sutra. Lord Krsna is

accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by these authentic

scriptures, not simply by vox populi. In the modern age a certain class

of fools think that they can vote anyone into the position of God, as

they can vote a man into the position of a political executive head. But

the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead is perfectly described

in the authentic scriptures. In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says that

only fools deride Him, thinking that anyone can speak like Krsna.

Even according to historical references, Krsna's activities are most

uncommon. Krsna has affirmed, "I am God," and He has acted accordingly.

Mayavadis think that everyone can claim to be God, but that is their

illusion, for no one else can perform such extraordinary activities as

Krsna. When He was a child on the lap of His mother, He killed the demon

Putana. Then He killed the demons Trnavarta, Vatsasura and Baka. When He

was a little more grown up, He killed the demons Aghasura and Rsabhasura.

Therefore God is God from the very beginning. The idea that someone can

become God by meditation is ridiculous. By hard endeavor one may realize

his godly nature, but he will never become God. The asuras, or demons,

who think that anyone can become God, are condemned.

The authentic scriptures are compiled by personalities like Vyasadeva,

Narada, Asita and Parasara, who are not ordinary men. All the followers

of the Vedic way of life have accepted these famous personalities, whose

authentic scriptures conform to the Vedic literature. Nevertheless, the

demoniac do not believe their statements, and they purposely oppose the

Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees. Today it is fashionable

for common men to write whimsical words as so-called incarnations of God

and be accepted as authentic by other common men. This demoniac

mentality is condemned in the Seventh Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita,

wherein it is said that those who are miscreants and the lowest of

mankind, who are fools and asses, cannot accept the Supreme Personality

of Godhead because of their demoniac nature. They are compared to ulukas,

or owls, who cannot open their eyes in the sunlight. Because they

cannot bear the sunlight, they hide themselves from it and never see it.

They cannot believe that there is such illumination.

Adi 3.88

TEXT 88

TEXT

apana lukaite krsna nana yatna kare

tathapi tanhara bhakta janaye tanhare

SYNONYMS

apana -- Himself; lukaite -- to hide; krsna -- Lord Krsna; nana --

various; yatna -- efforts; kare -- makes; tathapi -- still; tanhara --

His; bhakta -- devotees; janaye -- know; tanhare -- Him.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Krsna tries to hide Himself in various ways, but nevertheless

His pure devotees know Him as He is.

Adi 3.89

TEXT 89

TEXT

ullanghita-trividha-sima-samatisayi-

sambhavanam tava parivradhima-svabhavam

maya-balena bhavatapi niguhyamanam

pasyanti kecid anisam tvad-ananya-bhavah

SYNONYMS

ullanghita -- passed over; tri-vidha -- three kinds; sima -- the

limitations; sama -- of equal; atisayi -- and of excelling; sambhavanam -

- by which the adequacy; tava -- Your; parivradhima -- of supremacy;

svabhavam -- the real nature; maya-balena -- by the strength of the

illusory energy; bhavata -- Your; api -- although; niguhyamanam -- being

hidden; pasyanti -- they see; kecit -- some; anisam -- always; tvat --

to You; ananya-bhavah -- those who are exclusively devoted.

TRANSLATION

"O my Lord, everything within material nature is limited by time, space

and thought. Your characteristics, however, being unequaled and

unsurpassed, are always transcendental to such limitations. You

sometimes cover such characteristics by Your own energy, but

nevertheless Your unalloyed devotees are always able to see You under

all circumstances."

PURPORT

This verse is also quoted from the Stotra-ratna (13) of Yamunacarya.

Everything covered by the influence of maya is within the limited

boundaries of space, time and thought. Even the greatest manifestation

we can conceive, the sky, also has limitations. From the authentic

scriptures, however, it is evident that beyond the sky is a covering of

seven layers, each ten times thicker than the one preceding it. The

covering layers are vast, but with or without coverings, space is

limited. Our power to think about space and time is also limited. Time

is eternal; we may imagine billions and trillions of years, but that

will still be an inadequate estimate of the extent of time. Our

imperfect senses, therefore, cannot think of the greatness of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor can we bring Him within the

limitations of time or our thinking power. His position is accordingly

described by the word ullanghita. He is transcendental to space, time

and thought; although He appears within them, He exists transcendentally.

Even when the Lord's transcendental existence is disguised by space,

time and thought, however, pure devotees of the Supreme Lord can see Him

in His personal features beyond space, time and thought. In other words,

even though the Lord is not visible to the eyes of ordinary men, those

who are beyond the covering layers because of their transcendental

devotional service can still see Him.

The sun may appear covered by a cloud, but actually it is the eyes of

the tiny people below the cloud that are covered, not the sun. If those

tiny people rose above the cloud in an airplane, they could then see the

sunshine and the sun without impediment. Similarly, although the

covering of maya is very strong, Lord Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita (7.

14):

daivi hy esa guna-mayi

mama maya duratyaya

mam eva ye prapadyante

mayam etam taranti te

"This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material

nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me

can easily cross beyond it." To surpass the influence of the illusory

energy is very difficult, but those who are determined to catch hold of

the lotus feet of the Lord are freed from the clutches of maya.

Therefore, pure devotees can understand the Supreme Personality of

Godhead, but demons, because of their miscreant behavior, cannot

understand the Lord, in spite of seeing the many revealed scriptures and

the uncommon activities of the Lord.

Adi 3.90

TEXT 90

TEXT

asura-svabhave krsne kabhu nahi jane

lukaite nare krsna bhakta-jana-sthane

SYNONYMS

asura-svabhave -- those whose nature is demoniac; krsne -- Lord Krsna;

kabhu -- at any time; nahi -- not; jane -- know; lukaite -- to hide;

nare -- is not able; krsna -- Lord Krsna; bhakta-jana -- of pure

devotees; sthane -- in a place.

TRANSLATION

Those whose nature is demoniac cannot know Krsna at any time, but He

cannot hide Himself from His pure devotees.

PURPORT

People who develop the nature of asuras like Ravana and Hiranyakasipu

can never know Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, by challenging the

authority of Godhead. But Sri Krsna cannot hide Himself from His pure

devotees.

Adi 3.91

TEXT 91

TEXT

dvau bhuta-sargau loke 'smin

daiva asura eva ca

visnu-bhaktah smrto daiva

asuras tad-viparyayah

SYNONYMS

dvau -- two; bhuta -- of the living beings; sargau -- dispositions; loke

-- in the world; asmin -- in this; daivah -- godly; asurah -- demoniac;

eva -- certainly; ca -- and; visnu-bhaktah -- a devotee of Lord Visnu;

smrtah -- remembered; daivah -- godly; asurah -- demoniac; tat-

viparyayah -- the opposite of that.

TRANSLATION

"There are two classes of men in the created world. One consists of the

demoniac and the other of the godly. The devotees of Lord Visnu are the

godly, whereas those who are just the opposite are called demons."

PURPORT

This is a verse from the Padma Purana. Visnu-bhaktas, or devotees in

Krsna consciousness, are known as devas (demigods). Atheists, who do not

believe in God or who declare themselves God, are asuras (demons).

Asuras always engage in atheistic material activities, exploring ways to

utilize the resources of matter to enjoy sense gratification. The visnu-

bhaktas, Krsna conscious devotees, are also active, but their objective

is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotional service.

Superficially both classes may appear to work in the same way, but their

purposes are completely opposite because of a difference in

consciousness. Asuras work for personal sense gratification, whereas

devotees work for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. Both work

conscientiously, but their motives are different.

The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for devas, or devotees. Demons

cannot take part in Krsna conscious activities, nor can devotees in

Krsna consciousness take part in demoniac activities or work like cats

and dogs simply for sense gratification. Such activity does not appeal

to those in Krsna consciousness. Devotees accept only the bare

necessities of life to keep themselves fit to act in Krsna consciousness.

The balance of their energy is used for developing Krsna consciousness,

through which one can be transferred to the abode of Krsna by always

thinking of Him, even at the point of death.

Adi 3.92

TEXT 92

TEXT

acarya gosani prabhura bhakta-avatara

krsna-avatara-hetu yanhara hunkara

SYNONYMS

acarya gosani -- Advaita Acarya Gosani; prabhura -- of the Lord; bhakta-

avatara -- incarnation of a devotee; krsna -- of Lord Krsna; avatara --

of the incarnation; hetu -- the cause; yanhara -- whose; hunkara -- loud

calls.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya Gosvami is an incarnation of the Lord as a devotee. His

loud calling was the cause for Krsna's incarnation.

Adi 3.93

TEXT 93

TEXT

krsna yadi prthivite karena avatara

prathame karena guru-vargera sancara

SYNONYMS

krsna -- Lord Krsna; yadi -- if; prthivite -- on the earth; karena --

makes; avatara -- incarnation; prathame -- first; karena -- makes; guru-

vargera -- of the group of respectable predecessors; sancara -- the

advent.

TRANSLATION

Whenever Sri Krsna desires to manifest His incarnation on earth, first

He creates the incarnations of His respectable predecessors.

Adi 3.94

TEXT 94

TEXT

pita mata guru adi yata manya-gana

prathame karena sabara prthivite janama

SYNONYMS

pita -- father; mata -- mother; guru -- spiritual master; adi -- headed

by; yata -- all; manya-gana -- respectable members; prathame -- first;

karena -- He makes; sabara -- of all of them; prthivite -- on earth;

janama -- the births.

TRANSLATION

Thus respectable personalities such as His father, mother and spiritual

master all take birth on earth first.

Adi 3.95

TEXT 95

TEXT

madhava-isvara-puri, saci, jagannatha

advaita acarya prakata haila sei satha

SYNONYMS

madhava -- Madhavendra Puri; isvara-puri -- Isvara Puri; saci --

Sacimata; jagannatha -- Jagannatha Misra; advaita acarya -- Advaita

Acarya; prakata -- manifested; haila -- were; sei -- this; satha -- with.

TRANSLATION

Madhavendra Puri, Isvara Puri, Srimati Sacimata and Srila Jagannatha

Misra all appeared with Sri Advaita Acarya.

PURPORT

Whenever the Supreme Personality of Godhead descends in His human form,

He sends ahead all His devotees, who act as His father, teacher and

associates in many roles. Such personalities appear before the descent

of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Before the appearance of Lord Sri

Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, there appeared His devotees like Sri

Madhavendra Puri; His spiritual master, Sri Isvara Puri; His mother,

Srimati Saci-devi; His father, Sri Jagannatha Misra; and Sri Advaita

Acarya.

Adi 3.96

TEXT 96

TEXT

prakatiya dekhe acarya sakala samsara

krsna-bhakti gandha-hina visaya-vyavahara

SYNONYMS

prakatiya -- manifesting; dekhe -- He saw; acarya -- Advaita Acarya;

sakala -- all; samsara -- material existence; krsna-bhakti -- of

devotion to Lord Krsna; gandha-hina -- without a trace; visaya -- of the

sense objects; vyavahara -- affairs.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya having appeared, He found the world devoid of devotional

service to Sri Krsna because people were engrossed in material affairs.

Adi 3.97

TEXT 97

TEXT

keha pape, keha punye kare visaya-bhoga

bhakti-gandha nahi, yate yaya bhava-roga

SYNONYMS

keha -- someone; pape -- in sinful activities; keha -- someone; punye --

in pious activities; kare -- do; visaya -- of the sense objects; bhoga --

enjoyment; bhakti-gandha -- a trace of devotional service; nahi --

there is not; yate -- by which; yaya -- goes away; bhava-roga -- the

disease of material existence.

TRANSLATION

Everyone was engaged in material enjoyment, whether sinfully or

virtuously. No one was interested in the transcendental service of the

Lord, which can give total relief from the repetition of birth and death.

PURPORT

Advaita Acarya saw the entire world to be engaged in activities of

material piety and impiety, without a trace of devotional service, or

Krsna consciousness, anywhere. The fact is that in this material world

there is no scarcity of anything except Krsna consciousness. Material

necessities are supplied by the mercy of the Supreme Lord. We sometimes

feel scarcity because of our mismanagement, but the real problem is that

people are out of touch with Krsna consciousness. Everyone is engaged in

material sense gratification, but people have no plan for making an

ultimate solution to their real problems, namely birth, disease, old age

and death. These four material miseries are called bhava-roga, or

material diseases. They can be cured only by Krsna consciousness.

Therefore Krsna consciousness is the greatest benediction for human

society.

Adi 3.98

TEXT 98

TEXT

loka-gati dekhi' acarya karuna-hrdaya

vicara karena, lokera kaiche hita haya

SYNONYMS

loka-gati -- the course of the world; dekhi'-seeing; acarya -- Advaita

Acarya; karuna-hrdaya -- compassionate heart; vicara karena -- considers;

lokera -- of the world; kaiche -- how; hita -- welfare; haya -- there

is.

TRANSLATION

Seeing the activities of the world, the Acarya felt compassion and began

to ponder how He could act for the people's benefit.

PURPORT

This sort of serious interest in the welfare of the public makes one a

bona fide acarya. An acarya does not exploit his followers. Since the

acarya is a confidential servitor of the Lord, his heart is always full

of compassion for humanity in its suffering. He knows that all suffering

is due to the absence of devotional service to the Lord, and therefore

he always tries to find ways to change people's activities, making them

favorable for the attainment of devotion. That is the qualification of

an acarya. Although Sri Advaita Prabhu Himself was powerful enough to do

the work, as a submissive servitor He thought that without the personal

appearance of the Lord, no one could improve the fallen condition of

society.

In the grim clutches of maya, the first-class prisoners of this material

world wrongly think themselves happy because they are rich, powerful,

resourceful and so on. These foolish creatures do not know that they are

nothing but play dolls in the hands of material nature and that at any

moment material nature's pitiless intrigues can crush to dust all their

plans for godless activities. Such foolish prisoners cannot see that

however they improve their position by artificial means, the calamities

of repeated birth, death, disease and old age are always beyond the

jurisdiction of their control. Foolish as they are, they neglect these

major problems of life and busy themselves with false things that cannot

help them solve their real problems. They know that they do not want to

suffer death or the pangs of disease and old age, but under the

influence of the illusory energy, they are grossly negligent and

therefore do nothing to solve the problems. This is called maya. People

held in the grip of maya are thrown into oblivion after death, and as a

result of their karma, in the next life they become dogs or gods,

although most of them become dogs. To become gods in the next life, they

must engage in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead; otherwise, they are sure to become dogs or hogs in terms of the

laws of nature.

The third-class prisoners, being less materially opulent than the first-

class prisoners, endeavor to imitate them, for they also have no

information of the real nature of their imprisonment. Thus they also are

misled by the illusory material nature. The function of the acarya,

however, is to change the activities of both the first-class and third-

class prisoners for their real benefit. This endeavor makes him a very

dear devotee of the Lord, who says clearly in the Bhagavad-gita that no

one in human society is dearer to Him than a devotee who constantly

engages in His service by finding ways to preach the message of Godhead

for the real benefit of the world. The so-called acaryas of the Age of

Kali are more concerned with exploiting the resources of their followers

than mitigating their miseries; but Sri Advaita Prabhu, as an ideal

acarya, was concerned with improving the condition of the world

situation.

Adi 3.99

TEXT 99

TEXT

apani sri-krsna yadi karena avatara

apane acari' bhakti karena pracara

SYNONYMS

apani -- Himself; sri-krsna -- Lord Krsna; yadi -- if; karena -- He

makes; avatara -- incarnation; apane -- Himself; acari' -- practicing;

bhakti -- devotional service; karena -- does; pracara -- propagation.

TRANSLATION

[Advaita Acarya thought:] "If Sri Krsna were to appear as an incarnation,

He Himself could preach devotion by His personal example.

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TEXT 100

TEXT

nama vinu kali-kale dharma nahi ara

kali-kale kaiche habe krsna avatara

SYNONYMS

nama vinu -- except for the holy name; kali-kale -- in the Age of Kali;

dharma -- religion; nahi -- there is not; ara -- another; kali-kale --

in the Age of Kali; kaiche -- how; habe -- there will be; krsna -- Lord

Krsna; avatara -- incarnation.

TRANSLATION

"In this Age of Kali there is no religion other than the chanting of the

holy name of the Lord, but how in this age will the Lord appear as an

incarnation?

Adi 3.101

TEXT 101

TEXT

suddha-bhave kariba krsnera aradhana

nirantara sadainye kariba nivedana

SYNONYMS

suddha-bhave -- in a purified state of mind; kariba -- I shall do;

krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; aradhana -- worship; nirantara -- constantly;

sa-dainye -- in humility; kariba -- I shall make; nivedana -- request.

TRANSLATION

"I shall worship Krsna in a purified state of mind. I shall constantly

petition Him in humbleness.

Adi 3.102

TEXT 102

TEXT

aniya krsnere karon kirtana sancara

tabe se ‘advaita' nama saphala amara

SYNONYMS

aniya -- bringing; krsnere -- Lord Krsna; karon -- I make; kirtana --

chanting of the holy name; sancara -- advent; tabe -- then; se -- this;

advaita -- nondual; nama -- name; sa-phala -- fulfilled; amara -- My.

TRANSLATION

"My name, ‘Advaita,' will be fitting if I am able to induce Krsna to

inaugurate the movement of the chanting of the holy name."

PURPORT

The nondualist Mayavadi philosopher who falsely believes that he is

nondifferent from the Lord is unable to call Him like Advaita Prabhu.

Advaita Prabhu is nondifferent from the Lord, yet in His relationship

with the Lord He does not merge with Him but eternally renders service

unto Him as a plenary portion. This is inconceivable for Mayavadis

because they think in terms of mundane sense perception and therefore

think that nondualism necessitates losing one's separate identity. It is

clear from this verse, however, that Advaita Prabhu, although retaining

His separate identity, is nondifferent from the Lord.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu preached the philosophy of inconceivable,

simultaneous oneness with the Lord and difference from Him. Conceivable

dualism and monism are conceptions of the imperfect senses, which are

unable to reach the Transcendence because the Transcendence is beyond

the conception of limited potency. The actions of Sri Advaita Prabhu,

however, give tangible proof of inconceivable nondualism. One who

therefore surrenders unto Sri Advaita Prabhu can easily follow the

philosophy of inconceivable simultaneous dualism and monism.

Adi 3.103

TEXT 103

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krsna vasa karibena kon aradhane

vicarite eka sloka aila tanra mane

SYNONYMS

krsna -- Lord Krsna; vasa karibena -- shall propitiate; kon aradhane --

by what worship; vicarite -- while considering; eka -- one; sloka --

verse; aila -- came; tanra -- of Him; mane -- in the mind.

TRANSLATION

While He was thinking about how to propitiate Krsna by worship, the

following verse came to His mind.

Adi 3.104

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tulasi-dala-matrena

jalasya culukena va

vikrinite svam atmanam

bhaktebhyo bhakta-vatsalah

SYNONYMS

tulasi -- of tulasi; dala -- a leaf; matrena -- by only; jalasya -- of

water; culukena -- by a palmful; va -- and; vikrinite -- sells; svam --

His own; atmanam -- self; bhaktebhyah -- unto the devotees; bhakta-

vatsalah -- Lord Krsna, who is affectionate to His devotees.

TRANSLATION

"Sri Krsna, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself

to a devotee who offers Him merely a tulasi leaf and a palmful of water."

PURPORT

This is a verse from the Gautamiya-tantra.

Adi 3.105–106

TEXTS 105–106

TEXT

ei slokartha acarya karena vicarana

krsnake tulasi-jala deya yei jana

tara rna sodhite krsna karena cintana --

‘jala-tulasira sama kichu ghare nahi dhana'

SYNONYMS

ei -- this; sloka -- of the verse; artha -- the meaning; acarya --

Advaita Acarya; karena -- does; vicarana -- considering; krsnake -- to

Lord Krsna; tulasi-jala -- tulasi and water; deya -- gives; yei jana --

that person who; tara -- to Him; rna -- the debt; sodhite -- to pay;

krsna -- Lord Krsna; karena -- does; cintana -- thinking; jala-tulasira

sama -- equal to water and tulasi; kichu -- any; ghare -- in the house;

nahi -- there is not; dhana -- wealth.

TRANSLATION

Advaita Acarya considered the meaning of the verse in this way: "Not

finding any way to repay the debt He owes to one who offers Him a tulasi

leaf and water, Lord Krsna thinks, ‘There is no wealth in My possession

that is equal to a tulasi leaf and water.'

Adi 3.107

TEXT 107

TEXT

tabe atma veci' kare rnera sodhana

eta bhavi' acarya karena aradhana

SYNONYMS

tabe -- then; atma -- Himself; veci' -- selling; kare -- does; rnera --

of the debt; sodhana -- payment; eta -- thus; bhavi' -- thinking; acarya

-- Advaita Acarya; karena -- does; aradhana -- worshiping.

TRANSLATION

"Thus the Lord liquidates the debt by offering Himself to the devotee."

Considering in this way, the Acarya began worshiping the Lord.

PURPORT

Through devotional service one can easily please Lord Krsna with a leaf

of the tulasi plant and a little water. As the Lord says in the Bhagavad-

gita (9.26), a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some water (patram puspam

phalam toyam), when offered with devotion, very much pleases Him. He

universally accepts the services of His devotees. Even the poorest of

devotees in any part of the world can secure a small flower, fruit or

leaf and a little water, and if these offerings, and especially tulasi

leaves and Ganges water, are offered to Krsna with devotion, He is very

satisfied. It is said that Krsna is so much pleased by such devotional

service that He offers Himself to His devotee in exchange for it. Srila

Advaita Acarya knew this fact, and therefore He decided to call for the

Personality of Godhead Krsna to descend by worshiping the Lord with

tulasi leaves and the water of the Ganges.

Adi 3.108

TEXT 108

TEXT

ganga-jala, tulasi-manjari anuksana

krsna-pada-padma bhavi' kare samarpana

SYNONYMS

ganga-jala -- the water of the Ganges; tulasi-manjari -- buds of the

tulasi plant; anuksana -- constantly; krsna -- of Lord Krsna; pada-padma

-- lotus feet; bhavi' -- thinking of; kare -- does; samarpana --

offering.

TRANSLATION

Thinking of the lotus feet of Sri Krsna, He constantly offered tulasi

buds in water from the Ganges.

Adi 3.109

TEXT 109

TEXT

krsnera ahvana kare kariya hunkara

e-mate krsnere karaila avatara

SYNONYMS

krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; ahvana -- invitation; kare -- makes; kariya --

making; hunkara -- loud shouts; e-mate -- in this way; krsnere -- Lord

Krsna; karaila -- caused to make; avatara -- incarnation.

TRANSLATION

He appealed to Sri Krsna with loud calls and thus made it possible for

Krsna to appear.

Adi 3.110

TEXT 110

TEXT

caitanyera avatare ei mukhya hetu

bhaktera icchaya avatare dharma-setu

SYNONYMS

caitanyera -- of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; avatare -- in the incarnation;

ei -- this; mukhya -- principal; hetu -- cause; bhaktera -- of the

devotee; icchaya -- by the desire; avatare -- He descends; dharma-setu --

protector of religion.

TRANSLATION

Therefore the principal reason for Sri Caitanya's descent is this appeal

by Advaita Acarya. The Lord, the protector of religion, appears by the

desire of His devotee.

Adi 3.111

TEXT 111

TEXT

tvam bhakti-yoga-paribhavita-hrt-saroja

asse sruteksita-patho nanu natha pumsam

yad yad dhiya ta urugaya vibhavayanti

tat tad vapuh pranayase sad-anugrahaya

SYNONYMS

tvam -- You; bhakti-yoga -- by devotional service; paribhavita --

saturated; hrt -- of the heart; saroje -- on the lotus; asse -- dwell;

sruta -- heard; iksita -- seen; pathah -- whose path; nanu -- certainly;

natha -- O Lord; pumsam -- by the devotees; yat yat -- whatever; dhiya --

by the mind; te -- they; uru-gaya -- O Lord, who are glorified in

excellent ways; vibhavayanti -- contemplate upon; tat tat -- that; vapuh

-- form; pranayase -- You manifest; sat -- to Your devotees; anugrahaya -

- to show favor.

TRANSLATION

"O my Lord, You always dwell in the vision and hearing of Your pure

devotees. You also live in their lotuslike hearts, which are purified by

devotional service. O my Lord, who are glorified by exalted prayers, You

show special favor to Your devotees by manifesting Yourself in the

eternal forms in which they welcome You."

PURPORT

This text from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.9.11) is a prayer by Lord Brahma to

the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna for His blessings in the work

of creation. Knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be

understood from the descriptions of the Vedic scriptures. For example,

the Brahma-samhita (5.29) describes that in the abode of Lord Krsna,

which is made of cintamani (touchstone), the Lord, acting as a cowherd

boy, is served by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune.

Mayavadis think that the devotees have imagined the form of Krsna, but

the authentic Vedic scriptures have actually described Krsna and His

various transcendental forms.

The word sruta in sruteksita-pathah refers to the Vedas, and iksita

indicates that the way to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead

is by proper study of the Vedic scriptures. One cannot imagine something

about God or His form. Such imagination is not accepted by those who are

serious about enlightenment. Here Brahma says that one can know Krsna

through the path of properly understanding the Vedic texts. If by

studying the form, name, qualities, pastimes and paraphernalia of the

Supreme Godhead one is attracted to the Lord, he can execute devotional

service, and the form of the Lord will be impressed in his heart and

remain transcendentally situated there. Unless a devotee actually

develops transcendental love for the Lord, it is not possible for him to

think always of the Lord within his heart. Such constant thought of the

Lord is the sublime perfection of the yogic process, as the Bhagavad-

gita confirms in the Sixth Chapter (47), stating that anyone absorbed in

such thought is the best of all yogis. Such transcendental absorption is

known as samadhi. A pure devotee who is always thinking of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead is the person qualified to see the Lord.

One cannot speak of Urugaya (the Lord, who is glorified by sublime

prayers) unless one is transcendentally elevated. The Lord has

innumerable forms, as the Brahma-samhita confirms (advaitam acyutam

anadim ananta-rupam [Bs. 5.33]). The Lord expands Himself in innumerable

svamsa forms. When a devotee, hearing about these innumerable forms,

becomes attached to one and always thinks of Him, the Lord appears to

him in that form. Lord Krsna is especially pleasing to such devotees, in

whose hearts He is always present because of their highly elevated

transcendental love.

Adi 3.112

TEXT 112

TEXT

ei slokera artha kahi sanksepera sara

bhaktera icchaya krsnera sarva avatara

SYNONYMS

ei -- this; slokera -- of the verse; artha -- the meaning; kahi -- I

relate; sanksepera -- of conciseness; sara -- the pith; bhaktera -- of

the devotee; icchaya -- by the desire; krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; sarva --

all; avatara -- incarnations.

TRANSLATION

The essence of the meaning of this verse is that Lord Krsna appears in

all His innumerable eternal forms because of the desires of His pure

devotees.

Adi 3.113

TEXT 113

TEXT

caturtha slokera artha haila suniscite

avatirna haila gaura prema prakasite

SYNONYMS

caturtha -- fourth; slokera -- of the verse; artha -- the meaning; haila

-- was; su-niscite -- very surely; avatirna haila -- incarnated; gaura --

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema -- love of God; prakasite -- to

manifest.

TRANSLATION

Thus I have surely determined the meaning of the fourth verse. Lord

Gauranga [Lord Caitanya] appeared as an incarnation to preach unalloyed

love of God.

Adi 3.114

TEXT 114

TEXT

sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa

caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa

SYNONYMS

sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha -- Srila Raghunatha dasa

Gosvami; pade -- at the lotus feet of; yara -- whose; asa -- expectation;

Caitanya-caritamrta -- the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe --

describes; krsna-dasa -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.

TRANSLATION

Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always

desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,

following in their footsteps.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila,

Third Chapter, describing the external reasons for the appearance of

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

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Adi 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
 
Chapter 3: 
The External Reasons for the Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
 
In this chapter the author has fully discussed the external reasons for 
the descent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The Supreme Personality of 
Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, after displaying His pastimes as Lord Krsna, 
thought it wise to make His advent in the form of a devotee to explain 
personally the transcendental mellows of reciprocal service and love 
exchanged between Himself and His servants, friends, parents and 
fiancees. According to the Vedic literature, the foremost occupational 
duty for humanity in this Age of Kali is nama-sankirtana, or 
congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The incarnation 
for this age especially preaches this process, but only Krsna Himself 
can explain the confidential loving service performed in the four 
principal varieties of loving affairs between the Supreme Lord and His 
devotees. Lord Krsna therefore personally appeared, with His plenary 
portions, as Lord Caitanya. As stated in this chapter, it was for this 
purpose that Lord Krsna appeared personally in Navadvipa in the form of 
Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Krsnadasa Kaviraja has herein presented much authentic evidence from 
Srimad-Bhagavatam and other scriptures to substantiate the identity of 
Lord Caitanya with Sri Krsna Himself. He has described bodily symptoms 
in Lord Caitanya that are visible only in the person of the Supreme Lord,
 and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His personal 
associates-Sri Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa and other 
devotees-to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Krsna. The 
appearance of Lord Caitanya is both significant and confidential. He can 
be appreciated only by pure devotees and only through the process of 
devotional service. The Lord tried to conceal His identity as the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead by representing Himself as a devotee, but 
His pure devotees could recognize Him by His special features. The Vedas 
and Puranas foretell the appearance of Lord Caitanya, but still He is 
sometimes called, significantly, the concealed descent of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead.
 
Advaita Acarya was a contemporary of Lord Caitanya's father. He felt 
sorry for the condition of the world because even after Lord Krsna's 
appearance, no one had interest in devotional service to Krsna. This 
forgetfulness was so overwhelming that Advaita Prabhu was convinced that 
no one but Lord Krsna Himself could enlighten people about devotional 
service to the Supreme Lord. Therefore Advaita requested Lord Krsna to 
appear as Lord Caitanya. Offering tulasi leaves and Ganges water, He 
cried for the Lord's appearance. The Lord, being satisfied by His pure 
devotees, descends to satisfy them. As such, being pleased by Advaita 
Acarya, Lord Caitanya appeared.
 
Adi 3.1
 
TEXT 1
 
TEXT
 
sri-caitanya-prabhum vande
yat-padasraya-viryatah
sangrhnaty akara-vratad
ajnah siddhanta-san-manin
SYNONYMS
 
sri-caitanya-prabhum -- to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vande -- I offer my 
respectful obeisances; yat -- of whom; pada-asraya -- of the shelter of 
the lotus feet; viryatah -- from the power; sangrhnati -- collects; 
akara-vratat -- from the multitude of mines in the form of scriptures; 
ajnah -- a fool; siddhanta -- of conclusion; sat-manin -- the best 
jewels.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. By the 
potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the 
valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed 
scriptures.
 
Adi 3.2
 
TEXT 2
 
TEXT
 
jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda
jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
SYNONYMS
 
jaya jaya -- all glories; sri-caitanya -- to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
jaya -- all glories; nityananda -- to Lord Nityananda; jaya -- all 
glories; advaita-candra -- to Advaita Acarya; jaya -- all glories; gaura-
bhakta-vrnda -- to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
TRANSLATION
 
All glories to Lord Caitanya! All glories to Lord Nityananda! All 
glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord 
Caitanya!
 
Adi 3.3
 
TEXT 3
 
TEXT
 
trtiya slokera artha kaila vivarana
caturtha slokera artha suna bhakta-gana
SYNONYMS
 
trtiya -- third; slokera -- of the verse; artha -- meaning; kaila -- 
there was; vivarana -- description; caturtha -- fourth; slokera -- of 
the verse; artha -- meaning; suna -- please hear; bhakta-gana -- O 
devotees.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have given the purport of the third verse. Now, O devotees, please 
listen to the meaning of the fourth with full attention.
 
Adi 3.4
 
TEXT 4
 
TEXT
 
anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah
sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah
SYNONYMS
 
anarpita -- not bestowed; carim -- having been formerly; cirat -- for a 
long time; karunaya -- by causeless mercy; avatirnah -- descended; kalau 
-- in the Age of Kali; samarpayitum -- to bestow; unnata -- elevated; 
ujjvala-rasam -- the conjugal mellow; sva-bhakti -- of His own service; 
sriyam -- the treasure; harih -- the Supreme Lord; purata -- than gold; 
sundara -- more beautiful; dyuti -- of splendor; kadamba -- with a 
multitude; sandipitah -- illuminated; sada -- always; hrdaya-kandare -- 
in the cavity of the heart; sphuratu -- let Him be manifest; vah -- your;
 saci-nandanah -- the son of mother Saci.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Srimati Saci-devi be 
transcendentally situated in the innermost core of your heart. 
Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has descended in the 
Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has 
ever offered before: the most elevated mellow of devotional service, the 
mellow of conjugal love."
 
PURPORT
 
This is a quotation from the Vidagdha-madhava (1.2), a drama compiled 
and edited by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
 
Adi 3.5
 
TEXT 5
 
TEXT
 
purna bhagavan krsna vrajendra-kumara
goloke vrajera saha nitya vihara
SYNONYMS
 
purna -- full; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krsna -- 
Lord Krsna; vrajendra-kumara -- the son of the King of Vraja; goloke -- 
in Goloka; vrajera saha -- along with Vrajadhama; nitya -- eternal; 
vihara -- pastimes.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lord Krsna, the son of the King of Vraja, is the Supreme Lord. He 
eternally enjoys transcendental pastimes in His eternal abode, Goloka, 
which includes Vrajadhama.
 
PURPORT
 
In the previous chapter it has been established that Krsna, the son of 
Vrajendra (the King of Vraja), is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
with six opulences. He eternally enjoys transcendentally variegated 
opulences on His planet, which is known as Goloka. The eternal pastimes 
of the Lord in the spiritual planet Krsnaloka are called aprakata, or 
unmanifested, pastimes because they are beyond the purview of the 
conditioned souls. Lord Krsna is always present everywhere, but when He 
is not present before our eyes, He is said to be aprakata, or 
unmanifested.
 
Adi 3.6
 
TEXT 6
 
TEXT
 
brahmara eka dine tinho eka-bara
avatirna hana karena prakata vihara
SYNONYMS
 
brahmara -- of Lord Brahma; eka -- one; dine -- in the day; tinho -- He; 
eka-bara -- one time; avatirna -- descended; hana -- being; karena -- 
performs; prakata -- manifest; vihara -- pastimes.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Once in a day of Brahma, He descends to this world to manifest His 
transcendental pastimes.
 
Adi 3.7
 
TEXT 7
 
TEXT
 
satya, treta, dvapara, kali, cari-yuga jani
sei cari-yuge divya eka-yuga mani
SYNONYMS
 
satya -- Satya; treta -- Treta; dvapara -- Dvapara; kali -- Kali; cari-
yuga -- four ages; jani -- we know; sei -- these; cari-yuge -- in the 
four ages; divya -- divine; eka-yuga -- one age; mani -- we consider.
 
TRANSLATION
 
We know that there are four ages [yugas], namely Satya, Treta, Dvapara 
and Kali. These four together constitute one divya-yuga.
 
Adi 3.8
 
TEXT 8
 
TEXT
 
ekattara catur-yuge eka manv-antara
caudda manv-antara brahmara divasa bhitara
SYNONYMS
 
ekattara -- seventy-one; catuh-yuge -- in cycles of four ages; eka -- 
one; manu-antara -- period of a Manu; caudda -- fourteen; manu-antara -- 
periods of Manu; brahmara -- of Lord Brahma; divasa -- a day; bhitara -- 
within.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Seventy-one divya-yugas constitute one manv-antara. There are fourteen 
manv-antaras in one day of Brahma.
 
PURPORT
 
A manv-antara is the period controlled by one Manu. The reign of 
fourteen Manus equals the length of one day (twelve hours) in the life 
of Brahma, and the night of Brahma is of the same duration. These 
calculations are given in the authentic astronomy book known as the 
Surya-siddhanta. An annotated Bengali translation of this book was 
compiled by the great professor of astronomy and mathematics Bimal 
Prasad Datta, later known as Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami, who was 
our merciful spiritual master. He was honored with the title Siddhanta 
Sarasvati for translating the Surya-siddhanta, and the title Gosvami 
Maharaja was added when he accepted sannyasa, the renounced order of 
life.
 
Adi 3.9
 
TEXT 9
 
TEXT
 
‘vaivasvata'-nama ei saptama manv-antara
sataisa catur-yuga tahara antara
SYNONYMS
 
vaivasvata-nama -- named Vaivasvata; ei -- this; saptama -- seventh; 
manu-antara -- period of Manu; sataisa -- twenty-seven; catuh-yuga -- 
cycles of four ages; tahara -- of that; antara -- period.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of 
Vivasvan]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] of his 
age have now passed.
 
PURPORT
 
The names of the fourteen Manus are as follows: (1) Svayambhuva, (2) 
Svarocisa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tamasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Caksusa, (7) 
Vaivasvata, (8) Savarni, (9) Daksa-savarni, (10) Brahma-savarni, (11) 
Dharma-savarni, (12) Rudraputra (Rudra-savarni), (13) Raucya, or Deva-
savarni, (14) and Bhautyaka, or Indra-savarni.
 
Adi 3.10
 
TEXT 10
 
TEXT
 
astavimsa catur-yuge dvaparera sese
vrajera sahite haya krsnera prakase
SYNONYMS
 
astavimsa -- twenty-eighth; catuh-yuge -- in the cycle of four ages; 
dvaparera -- of the Dvapara-yuga; sese -- at the end; vrajera sahite -- 
along with Vraja; haya -- is; krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; prakase -- 
manifestation.
 
TRANSLATION
 
At the end of the Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-eighth divya-yuga, Lord 
Krsna appears on earth with the full paraphernalia of His eternal Vraja-
dhama.
 
PURPORT
 
Now is the term of Vaivasvata Manu, during which Lord Caitanya appears. 
First Lord Krsna appears at the close of the Dvapara-yuga of the twenty-
eighth divya-yuga, and then Lord Caitanya appears in the Kali-yuga of 
the same divya-yuga. Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya appear once in each 
day of Brahma, or once in fourteen manv-antaras, each of seventy-one 
divya-yugas in duration.
 
From the beginning of Brahma's day of 4,320,000,000 years, six Manus 
appear and disappear before Lord Krsna appears. Thus 1,975,320,000 years 
of the day of Brahma elapse before the appearance of Lord Krsna. This is 
an astronomical calculation according to solar years.
 
Adi 3.11
 
TEXT 11
 
TEXT
 
dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, srngara -- cari rasa
cari bhavera bhakta yata krsna tara vasa
SYNONYMS
 
dasya -- servitude; sakhya -- friendship; vatsalya -- parental affection;
 srngara -- conjugal love; cari -- four; rasa -- mellows; cari -- four; 
bhavera -- of the sentiments; bhakta -- devotees; yata -- as many as 
there are; krsna -- Lord Krsna; tara -- by them; vasa -- subdued.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Servitude [dasya], friendship [sakhya], parental affection [vatsalya] 
and conjugal love [srngara] are the four transcendental mellows [rasas]. 
By the devotees who cherish these four mellows, Lord Krsna is subdued.
 
PURPORT
 
Dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and srngara are the transcendental modes of 
loving service to the Lord. Santa-rasa, or the neutral stage, is not 
mentioned in this verse because although in santa-rasa one considers the 
Absolute Truth the sublime great, one does not go beyond that conception.
 Santa-rasa is a very grand idea for materialistic philosophers, but 
such idealistic appreciation is only the beginning; it is the lowest 
among the relationships in the spiritual world. Santa-rasa is not given 
much importance because as soon as there is a slight understanding 
between the knower and the known, active loving transcendental 
reciprocations and exchanges begin. Dasya-rasa is the basic relationship 
between Krsna and His devotees; therefore this verse considers dasya the 
first stage of transcendental devotional service.
 
Adi 3.12
 
TEXT 12
 
TEXT
 
dasa-sakha-pita-mata-kanta-gana lana
vraje krida kare krsna premavista hana
SYNONYMS
 
dasa -- servants; sakha -- friends; pita-mata -- father and mother; 
kanta-gana -- lovers; lana -- taking; vraje -- in Vraja; krida kare -- 
plays; krsna -- Lord Krsna; prema-avista -- absorbed in love; hana -- 
being.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Absorbed in such transcendental love, Lord Sri Krsna enjoys in Vraja 
with His devoted servants, friends, parents and conjugal lovers.
 
PURPORT
 
The descent of Sri Krsna, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is very 
purposeful. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that one who knows the truth 
about Sri Krsna's descent and His various activities is at once 
liberated and does not have to fall again to this existence of birth and 
death after he leaves his present material body. In other words, one who 
factually understands Krsna makes his life perfect. Imperfect life is 
realized in material existence, in five different relationships we share 
with everyone within the material world: neutrality, servitorship, 
friendship, parental love and amorous love between husband and wife or 
lover and beloved. These five enjoyable relationships within the 
material world are perverted reflections of relationships with the 
Absolute Personality of Godhead in the transcendental nature. That 
Absolute Personality, Sri Krsna, descends to revive the five eternally 
existing relationships. Thus He manifests His transcendental pastimes in 
Vraja so that people may be attracted into that sphere of activities and 
leave aside their imitation relationships with the mundane. Then, after 
fully exhibiting all such activities, the Lord disappears.
 
Adi 3.13
 
TEXT 13
 
TEXT
 
yathesta vihari' krsna kare antardhana
antardhana kari' mane kare anumana
SYNONYMS
 
yatha-ista -- as much as He wishes; vihari' -- enjoying; krsna -- Lord 
Krsna; kare -- makes; antardhana -- disappearance; antardhana kari' -- 
disappearing; mane -- in the mind; kare -- He makes; anumana -- 
consideration.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lord Krsna enjoys His transcendental pastimes as long as He wishes, and 
then He disappears. After disappearing, however, He thinks thus:
 
Adi 3.14
 
TEXT 14
 
TEXT
 
cira-kala nahi kari prema-bhakti dana
bhakti vina jagatera nahi avasthana
SYNONYMS
 
cira-kala -- for a long time; nahi kari -- I have not done; prema-bhakti 
-- loving devotional service; dana -- giving; bhakti -- devotional 
service; vina -- without; jagatera -- of the universe; nahi -- not; 
avasthana -- existence.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service to Me upon 
the inhabitants of the world. Without such loving attachment, the 
existence of the material world is useless.
 
PURPORT
 
The Lord seldom awards pure transcendental love, but without such pure 
love of God, freed from fruitive activities and empiric speculation, one 
cannot attain perfection in life.
 
Adi 3.15
 
TEXT 15
 
TEXT
 
sakala jagate more kare vidhi-bhakti
vidhi-bhaktye vraja-bhava paite nahi sakti
SYNONYMS
 
sakala -- all; jagate -- in the universe; more -- to Me; kare -- they do;
 vidhi-bhakti -- regulative devotional service; vidhi-bhaktye -- by 
regulative devotional service; vraja-bhava -- the feelings of those in 
Vraja; paite -- to obtain; nahi -- not; sakti -- the power.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Everywhere in the world people worship Me according to scriptural 
injunctions. But simply by following such regulative principles one 
cannot attain the loving sentiments of the devotees in Vrajabhumi.
 
Adi 3.16
 
TEXT 16
 
TEXT
 
aisvarya-jnanete saba jagat misrita
aisvarya-sithila-preme nahi mora prita
SYNONYMS
 
aisvarya-jnanete -- with knowledge of the opulences; saba -- all; jagat -
- the world; misrita -- mixed; aisvarya-sithila-preme -- to love 
enfeebled by opulence; nahi -- there is not; mora -- My; prita -- 
attraction.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Knowing My opulences, the whole world looks upon Me with awe and 
veneration. But devotion made feeble by such reverence does not attract 
Me.
 
PURPORT
 
After His appearance, Lord Krsna thought that He had not distributed the 
transcendental personal dealings with His devotees in dasya, sakhya, 
vatsalya and madhurya. One may understand the science of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead from the Vedic literatures and thus become a 
devotee of the Lord and worship Him within the regulative principles 
described in the scriptures, but one will not know in this way how Krsna 
is served by the residents of Vrajabhumi. One cannot understand the 
dealings of the Lord in Vrndavana simply by executing the ritualistic 
regulative principles mentioned in the scriptures. By following 
scriptural injunctions one may enhance his appreciation for the glories 
of the Lord, but there is no chance for one to enter into personal 
dealings with Him. Giving too much attention to understanding the 
exalted glories of the Lord reduces the chance of one's entering into 
personal loving affairs with the Lord. To teach the principles of such 
loving dealings, the Lord decided to appear as Lord Caitanya.
 
Adi 3.17
 
TEXT 17
 
TEXT
 
aisvarya-jnane vidhi-bhajana kariya
vaikunthake yaya catur-vidha mukti pana
SYNONYMS
 
aisvarya-jnane -- in knowledge of the opulences; vidhi -- according to 
rules and regulations; bhajana -- worship; kariya -- doing; vaikunthake -
- to Vaikuntha; yaya -- they go; catuh-vidha -- four kinds; mukti -- 
liberation; pana -- achieving.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"By performing such regulated devotional service in awe and veneration, 
one may go to Vaikuntha and attain the four kinds of liberation.
 
Adi 3.18
 
TEXT 18
 
TEXT
 
sarsti, sarupya, ara samipya, salokya
sayujya na laya bhakta yate brahma-aikya
SYNONYMS
 
sarsti -- opulences equal  with the Lord's; sarupya -- the same form as 
the Lord's; ara -- and; samipya -- personal association with the Lord; 
salokya -- residence on a Vaikuntha planet; sayujya -- oneness with the 
Lord; na laya -- they do not accept; bhakta -- devotees; yate -- since; 
brahma-aikya -- oneness with Brahman.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"These liberations are sarsti [achieving opulences equal to those of the 
Lord], sarupya [having a form the same as the Lord's], samipya [living 
as a personal associate of the Lord] and salokya [living on a Vaikuntha 
planet]. Devotees never accept sayujya, however, since that is oneness 
with Brahman.
 
PURPORT
 
Those engaged in devotional service according to the ritualistic 
principles mentioned in the scriptures attain these different kinds of 
liberation. But although such devotees can attain sarsti, sarupya, 
samipya and salokya, they are not concerned with these liberations, for 
such devotees are satisfied only in rendering transcendental loving 
service to the Lord. The fifth kind of liberation, sayujya, is never 
accepted even by devotees who perform only ritualistic worship. To 
attain sayujya, or merging into the Brahman effulgence of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, is the aspiration of the impersonalists. A 
devotee never cares for sayujya liberation.
 
Adi 3.19
 
TEXT 19
 
TEXT
 
yuga-dharma pravartaimu nama-sankirtana
cari bhava-bhakti diya nacamu bhuvana
SYNONYMS
 
yuga-dharma -- the religion of the age; pravartaimu -- I shall 
inaugurate; nama-sankirtana -- chanting of the holy name; cari -- four; 
bhava -- of the moods; bhakti -- devotion; diya -- giving; nacamu -- I 
shall cause to dance; bhuvana -- the world.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age -- nama-
sankirtana, the congregational chanting of the holy name. I shall make 
the world dance in ecstasy, realizing the four mellows of loving 
devotional service.
 
Adi 3.20
 
TEXT 20
 
TEXT
 
apani karimu bhakta-bhava angikare
apani acari' bhakti sikhaimu sabare
SYNONYMS
 
apani -- personally; karimu -- I shall make; bhakta-bhava -- the 
position of a devotee; angikare -- acceptance; apani -- personally; 
acari' -- practicing; bhakti -- devotional service; sikhaimu -- I shall 
teach; sabare -- to all.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"I shall accept the role of a devotee, and I shall teach devotional 
service by practicing it Myself.
 
PURPORT
 
When one associates with a pure devotee, he becomes so elevated that he 
does not aspire even for sarsti, sarupya, samipya or salokya, because he 
feels that such liberation is a kind of sense gratification. Pure 
devotees do not ask anything from the Lord for their personal benefit. 
Even if offered personal benefits, pure devotees do not accept them, 
because their only desire is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead by transcendental loving service. No one but the Lord Himself 
can teach this highest form of devotional service. Therefore, when the 
Lord took the place of the incarnation of Kali-yuga to spread the 
glories of chanting Hare Krsna -- the system of worship recommended in 
this age -- He also distributed the process of devotional service 
performed on the platform of transcendental spontaneous love. To teach 
the highest principles of spiritual life, the Lord Himself appeared as a 
devotee in the form of Lord Caitanya.
 
Adi 3.21
 
TEXT 21
 
TEXT
 
apane na kaile dharma sikhana na yaya
ei ta' siddhanta gita-bhagavate gaya
SYNONYMS
 
apane -- personally; na kaile -- if not practiced; dharma -- religion; 
sikhana -- the teaching; na yaya -- does not advance; ei -- this; ta' -- 
certainly; siddhanta -- conclusion; gita -- in the Bhagavad-gita; 
bhagavate -- in Srimad-Bhagavatam; gaya -- they sing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Unless one practices devotional service himself, he cannot teach it to 
others. This conclusion is indeed confirmed throughout the Gita and 
Bhagavatam.
 
Adi 3.22
 
TEXT 22
 
TEXT
 
yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham
SYNONYMS
 
yada yada -- whenever; hi -- certainly; dharmasya -- of religious 
principles; glanih -- decrease; bhavati -- there is; bharata -- O 
descendant of Bharata; abhyutthanam -- increase; adharmasya -- of 
irreligion; tada -- then; atmanam -- Myself; srjami -- manifest; aham -- 
I.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O 
descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion -- at that 
time I descend Myself.
 
Adi 3.23
 
TEXT 23
 
TEXT
 
paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge
SYNONYMS
 
paritranaya -- for the deliverance; sadhunam -- of the devotees; 
vinasaya -- for the destruction; ca -- and; duskrtam -- of the 
miscreants; dharma -- religious principles; samsthapana-arthaya -- for 
the purpose of establishing; sambhavami -- I appear; yuge yuge -- in 
every age.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to 
reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium 
after millennium.'
 
PURPORT
 
Texts 22 and 23 were spoken by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita (4.7–8). 
Texts 24 and 25, which follow, are also from the Bhagavad-gita (3.24, 3.
21).
 
Adi 3.24
 
TEXT 24
 
TEXT
 
utsideyur ime loka
na kuryam karma ced aham
sankarasya ca karta syam
upahanyam imah prajah
SYNONYMS
 
utsideyuh -- would fall into ruin; ime -- these; lokah -- worlds; na 
kuryam -- did not perform; karma -- action; cet -- if; aham -- I; 
sankarasya -- of unwanted population; ca -- and; karta -- the creator; 
syam -- would become; upahanyam -- would spoil; imah -- these; prajah -- 
living entities.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘If I did not show the proper principles of religion, all these worlds 
would fall into ruin. I would be the cause of unwanted population and 
would spoil all these living beings.'
 
Adi 3.25
 
TEXT 25
 
TEXT
 
yad yad acarati sresthas
tat tad evetaro janah
sa yat pramanam kurute
lokas tad anuvartate
SYNONYMS
 
yat yat -- however; acarati -- behaves; sresthah -- the best man; tat 
tat -- that; eva -- certainly; itarah -- the lesser; janah -- man; sah --
 he; yat -- which; pramanam -- standard; kurute -- shows; lokah -- the 
people; tat -- that; anuvartate -- follow.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘Whatever actions a great man performs, common people follow. And 
whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.'
 
Adi 3.26
 
TEXT 26
 
TEXT
 
yuga-dharma-pravartana haya amsa haite
ama vina anye nare vraja-prema dite
SYNONYMS
 
yuga-dharma -- of the religion of the age; pravartana -- the 
inauguration; haya -- is; amsa -- the plenary portion; haite -- from; 
ama -- for Me; vina -- except; anye -- another; nare -- is not able; 
vraja-prema -- love like that of the residents of Vraja; dite -- to 
bestow.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"My plenary portions can establish the principles of religion for each 
age. No one but Me, however, can bestow the kind of loving service 
performed by the residents of Vraja.
 
Adi 3.27
 
TEXT 27
 
TEXT
 
santv avatara bahavah
pankaja-nabhasya sarvato-bhadrah
krsnad anyah ko va latasv
api prema-do bhavati
SYNONYMS
 
santu -- let there be; avatarah -- incarnations; bahavah -- many; 
pankaja-nabhasya -- of the Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower; 
sarvatah -- bhadrah -- completely auspicious; krsnat -- than Lord Krsna; 
anyah -- other; kah va -- who possibly; latasu -- on the surrendered 
souls; api -- also; prema-dah -- the bestower of love; bhavati -- is.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of 
Godhead, but who other than Lord Sri Krsna can bestow love of God upon 
the surrendered souls?'
 
PURPORT
 
This quotation from the writings of Bilvamangala Thakura is found in the 
Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.5.37).
 
Adi 3.28
 
TEXT 28
 
TEXT
 
tahate apana bhakta-gana kari' sange
prthivite avatari' karimu nana range
SYNONYMS
 
tahate -- in that; apana -- My own; bhakta-gana -- with devotees; kari' -
- doing; sange -- in association; prthivite -- on the earth; avatari' -- 
descending; karimu -- I shall perform; nana -- various; range -- 
colorful pastimes.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Therefore in the company of My devotees I shall appear on earth and 
perform various colorful pastimes."
 
Adi 3.29
 
TEXT 29
 
TEXT
 
eta bhavi' kali-kale prathama sandhyaya
avatirna haila krsna apani nadiyaya
SYNONYMS
 
eta -- thus; bhavi' -- thinking; kali-kale -- in the Age of Kali; 
prathama -- first; sandhyaya -- in the junction; avatirna haila -- 
descended; krsna -- Lord Krsna; apani -- Himself; nadiyaya -- in Nadia.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thinking thus, the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna Himself, descended 
at Nadia early in the Age of Kali.
 
PURPORT
 
The prathama-sandhya is the beginning of the age. According to 
astronomical calculation, the age is divided into twelve parts. The 
first of these twelve divisions is known as the prathama-sandhya. The 
prathama-sandhya and sesa-sandhya, the last division of the preceding 
age, form the junction of the two ages. According to the Surya-siddhanta,
 the prathama-sandhya of Kali-yuga lasts 36,000 solar years. Lord 
Caitanya appeared in the prathama-sandhya after 4,586 solar years of 
Kali-yuga had passed.
 
Adi 3.30
 
TEXT 30
 
TEXT
 
caitanya-simhera navadvipe avatara
simha-griva, simha-virya, simhera hunkara
SYNONYMS
 
caitanya-simhera -- of the lionlike Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; navadvipe -
- at Navadvipa; avatara -- the incarnation; simha-griva -- having the 
neck of a lion; simha-virya -- the strength of a lion; simhera hunkara --
 the roar of a lion.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus the lionlike Lord Caitanya has appeared in Navadvipa. He has the 
shoulders of a lion, the powers of a lion, and the loud voice of a lion.
 
Adi 3.31
 
TEXT 31
 
TEXT
 
sei simha vasuk jivera hrdaya-kandare
kalmasa-dvirada nase yanhara hunkare
SYNONYMS
 
sei -- that; simha -- lion; vasuk -- let Him sit; jivera -- of the 
living entities; hrdaya -- of the heart; kandare -- in the cavern; 
kalmasa -- of sins; dvi-rada -- the elephant; nase -- destroys; yanhara -
- of whom; hunkare -- the roar.
 
TRANSLATION
 
May that lion be seated in the core of the heart of every living being. 
Thus with His resounding roar may He drive away one's elephantine vices.
 
Adi 3.32
 
TEXT 32
 
TEXT
 
prathama lilaya tanra ‘visvambhara' nama
bhakti-rase bharila, dharila bhuta-grama
SYNONYMS
 
prathama -- first; lilaya -- in the pastimes; tanra -- of Him; 
visvambhara nama -- the name Visvambhara; bhakti-rase -- with the mellow 
of devotional service; bharila -- He filled; dharila -- saved; bhuta-
grama -- all the living entities.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In His early pastimes He is known as Visvambhara because He floods the 
world with the nectar of devotion and thus saves the living beings.
 
Adi 3.33
 
TEXT 33
 
TEXT
 
dubhrn dhatura artha -- posana, dharana
pusila, dharila prema diya tri-bhuvana
SYNONYMS
 
dubhrn -- known as dubhrn (bhr); dhatura -- of the verbal root; artha -- 
the meaning; posana -- nourishing; dharana -- maintaining; pusila -- 
nourished; dharila -- maintained; prema diya -- distributing love of God;
 tri-bhuvana -- in the three worlds.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The verbal root "dubhrn" [which is the root of the word "visvambhara"] 
indicates nourishing and maintaining. He [Lord Caitanya] nourishes and 
maintains the three worlds by distributing love of God.
 
Adi 3.34
 
TEXT 34
 
TEXT
 
sesa-lilaya dhare nama ‘sri-krsna-caitanya'
sri-krsna janaye saba visva kaila dhanya
SYNONYMS
 
sesa-lilaya -- in His final pastimes; dhare -- He held; nama -- the name;
 sri-krsna-caitanya -- Sri Krsna Caitanya; sri-krsna -- about Lord Krsna;
 janaye -- He taught; saba -- all; visva -- the world; kaila -- made; 
dhanya -- fortunate.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In His later pastimes He is known as Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya. He blesses 
the whole world by teaching about the name and fame of Lord Sri Krsna.
 
PURPORT
 
Lord Caitanya remained a householder only until His twenty-fourth year 
had passed. Then He entered the renounced order and remained manifest in 
this material world until His forty-eighth year. Therefore His sesa-lila,
 or the final portion of His activities, lasted twenty-four years.
 
Some so-called Vaisnavas say that the renounced order of life was not 
accepted in the Vaisnava sampradaya, or disciplic succession, until Lord 
Caitanya. This is not a very intelligent proposition. Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu took the sannyasa order from Sripada Kesava Bharati, who 
belonged to the Sankara sect, which approves of only ten names for 
sannyasis. Long before the advent of Sripada Sankaracarya, however, the 
sannyasa order existed in the Vaisnava line of Visnu Svami. In the Visnu 
Svami Vaisnava sampradaya, there are ten different kinds of sannyasa 
names and 108 different names for sannyasis who accept the tri-danda, 
the triple staff of sannyasa. This is approved by the Vedic rules. 
Therefore Vaisnava sannyasa was existent even before the appearance of 
Sankaracarya, although those who know nothing about Vaisnava sannyasa 
unnecessarily declare that there is no sannyasa in the Vaisnava 
sampradaya.
 
During the time of Lord Caitanya, the influence of Sankaracarya in 
society was very strong. People thought that one could accept sannyasa 
only in the disciplic succession of Sankaracarya. Lord Caitanya could 
have performed His missionary activities as a householder, but He found 
householder life an obstruction to His mission. Therefore He decided to 
accept the renounced order, sannyasa. Since His acceptance of sannyasa 
was also designed to attract public attention, Lord Caitanya, not 
wishing to disturb the social convention, took the renounced order of 
life from a sannyasi in the disciplic succession of Sankaracarya, 
although sannyasa was also sanctioned in the Vaisnava sampradaya.
 
In the Sankara-sampradaya there are ten different names awarded to 
sannyasis: (1) Tirtha, (2) Asrama, (3) Vana, (4) Aranya, (5) Giri, (6) 
Parvata, (7) Sagara, (8) Sarasvati, (9) Bharati and (10) Puri. Before 
one enters sannyasa, he has one of the various names for a brahmacari, 
the assistant to a sannyasi. Sannyasis with the titles Tirtha and Asrama 
generally stay at Dvaraka, and their brahmacari name is Svarupa. Those 
known by the names Vana and Aranya stay at Purusottama, or Jagannatha 
Puri, and their brahmacari name is Prakasa. Those with the names Giri, 
Parvata and Sagara generally stay at Badarikasrama, and their brahmacari 
name is Ananda. Those with the titles Sarasvati, Bharati and Puri 
usually live at Srngeri in South India, and their brahmacari name is 
Caitanya.
 
Sripada Sankaracarya established four monasteries in India, in the four 
directions (north, south, east and west), and he entrusted them to four 
sannyasis who were his disciples. Now there are hundreds of branch 
monasteries under these four principal monasteries, and although there 
is an official symmetry among them, there are many differences in their 
dealings. The four different sects of these monasteries are known as 
Anandavara, Bhogavara, Kitavara and Bhumivara, and in course of time 
they have developed different ideas and different slogans.
 
According to the regulation of the disciplic succession, one who wishes 
to enter the renounced order in Sankara's sect must first be trained as 
a brahmacari under a bona fide sannyasi. The brahmacari's name is 
ascertained according to the group to which the sannyasi belongs. Lord 
Caitanya accepted sannyasa from Kesava Bharati. When He first approached 
Kesava Bharati, He was accepted as a brahmacari with the name Sri Krsna 
Caitanya Brahmacari. After He took sannyasa, He preferred to keep the 
name Krsna Caitanya.
 
The great authorities in the disciplic succession had not offered to 
explain why Lord Caitanya refused to take the name Bharati after He took 
sannyasa from a Bharati, until Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami 
Maharaja volunteered the explanation that because a sannyasi in the 
Sankara-sampradaya thinks that he has become the Supreme, Lord Caitanya, 
wanting to avoid such a misconception, kept the name Sri Krsna Caitanya, 
placing Himself as an eternal servitor. A brahmacari is supposed to 
serve the spiritual master; therefore He did not negate that 
relationship of servitude to His spiritual master. Accepting such a 
position is favorable for the relationship between the disciple and the 
spiritual master.
 
The authentic biographies also mention that Lord Caitanya accepted the 
danda (rod) and begging pot, symbolic of the sannyasa order, at the time 
He took sannyasa.
 
Adi 3.35
 
TEXT 35
 
TEXT
 
tanra yugavatara jani' garga mahasaya
krsnera nama-karane kariyache nirnaya
SYNONYMS
 
tanra -- of Him; yuga-avatara -- incarnation for the age; jani' -- 
knowing; garga -- Garga Muni; mahasaya -- the great personality; krsnera 
-- of Lord Krsna; nama-karane -- in the name-giving ceremony; kariyache -
- made; nirnaya -- ascertainment.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Knowing Him [Lord Caitanya] to be the incarnation for Kali-yuga, Garga 
Muni, during the naming ceremony of Krsna, predicted His appearance.
 
Adi 3.36
 
TEXT 36
 
TEXT
 
asan varnas trayo hy asya
grhnato 'nu-yugam tanuh
suklo raktas tatha pita
idanim krsnatam gatah
SYNONYMS
 
asan -- were; varnah -- colors; trayah -- three; hi -- certainly; asya --
 of this one; grhnatah -- who is manifesting; anu-yugam -- according to 
the age; tanuh -- bodies; suklah -- white; raktah -- red; tatha -- thus; 
pitah -- yellow; idanim -- now; krsnatam -- blackness; gatah -- obtained.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"This boy [Krsna] has three other colors -- white, red and yellow -- as 
He appears in different ages. Now He has appeared in a transcendental 
blackish color."
 
PURPORT
 
This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.8.13).
 
Adi 3.37
 
TEXT 37
 
TEXT
 
sukla, rakta, pita-varna -- ei tina dyuti
satya-treta-kali-kale dharena sri-pati
SYNONYMS
 
sukla -- white; rakta -- red; pita-varna -- the color yellow; ei -- 
these; tina -- three; dyuti -- lusters; satya -- in Satya-yuga; treta -- 
in Treta-yuga; kali-kale -- in the Age of Kali; dharena -- manifests; 
sri-pati -- the husband of the goddess of fortune.
 
TRANSLATION
 
White, red and yellow -- these are the three bodily lusters that the 
Lord, the husband of the goddess of fortune, assumes in the ages of 
Satya, Treta and Kali respectively.
 
Adi 3.38
 
TEXT 38
 
TEXT
 
idanim dvapare tinho haila krsna-varna
ei saba sastragama-puranera marma
SYNONYMS
 
idanim -- now; dvapare -- in the Dvapara-yuga; tinho -- He; haila -- was;
 krsna-varna -- blackish color; ei -- these; saba -- all; sastra-agama --
 and Vedic literatures; puranera -- of the Puranas; marma -- the core.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Now, in the Dvapara-yuga, the Lord had descended in a blackish hue. This 
is the essence of the statements in the Puranas and other Vedic 
literatures with reference to the context.
 
Adi 3.39
 
TEXT 39
 
TEXT
 
dvapare bhagavan syamah
pita-vasa nijayudhah
sri-vatsadibhir ankais ca
laksanair upalaksitah
SYNONYMS
 
dvapare -- in the Dvapara-yuga; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead; syamah -- blackish; pita-vasah -- having yellow clothes; nija --
 own; ayudhah -- having weapons; srivatsa-adibhih -- such as Srivatsa; 
ankaih -- by bodily markings; ca -- and; laksanaih -- by external 
characteristics such as the Kaustubha jewel; upalaksitah -- 
characterized.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"In the Dvapara-yuga the Personality of Godhead appears in a blackish 
hue. He is dressed in yellow, He holds His own weapons, and He is 
decorated with the Kaustubha jewel and marks of Srivatsa. This is how 
His symptoms are described."
 
PURPORT
 
This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.27), spoken by Saint 
Karabhajana, one of the nine royal mystics who explained to King Nimi 
the different features of the Lord in different ages.
 
Adi 3.40
 
TEXT 40
 
TEXT
 
kali-yuge yuga-dharma -- namera pracara
tathi lagi' pita-varna caitanyavatara
SYNONYMS
 
kali-yuge -- in the Age of Kali; yuga-dharma -- the religious practice 
for the age; namera -- of the holy name; pracara -- propagation; tathi --
 this; lagi' -- for; pita-varna -- having a yellow color; caitanya-
avatara -- the incarnation of Lord Caitanya.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The religious practice for the Age of Kali is to broadcast the glories 
of the holy name. Only for this purpose has the Lord, in a yellow color, 
descended as Lord Caitanya.
 
PURPORT
 
In this Age of Kali the practical system of religion for everyone is the 
chanting of the name of Godhead. This was introduced in this age by Lord 
Caitanya. Bhakti-yoga actually begins with the chanting of the holy name,
 as confirmed by Madhvacarya in his commentary on the Mundaka Upanisad. 
He quotes this verse from the Narayana-samhita:
 
dvapariyair janair visnuh
pancaratrais tu kevalaih
kalau tu nama-matrena
pujyate bhagavan harih
 
"In the Dvapara-yuga people should worship Lord Visnu only by the 
regulative principles of the Narada Pancaratra and other such authorized 
books. In the Age of Kali, however, people should simply chant the holy 
names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The Hare Krsna mantra is 
specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana 
Upanisad, where it is said:
 
hare krsna hare krsna
krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama
rama rama hare hare
 
iti sodasakam namnam
kali-kalmasa-nasanam
natah parataropayah
sarva-vedesu drsyate
 
"After searching through all the Vedic literature, one cannot find a 
method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare 
Krsna."
 
Adi 3.41
 
TEXT 41
 
TEXT
 
tapta-hema-sama-kanti, prakanda sarira
nava-megha jini kantha-dhvani ye gambhira
SYNONYMS
 
tapta-hema -- as molten gold; sama-kanti -- same luster; prakanda -- 
enormous; sarira -- body; nava-megha -- new clouds; jini -- conquering; 
kantha-dhvani -- the sound of the voice; ye -- that; gambhira -- deep.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The luster of His expansive body resembles molten gold. The deep sound 
of His voice conquers the thundering of newly assembled clouds.
 
Adi 3.42
 
TEXT 42
 
TEXT
 
dairghya-vistare yei apanara hata
cari hasta haya ‘maha-purusa' vikhyata
SYNONYMS
 
dairghya -- in length; vistare -- and in breadth; yei -- who; apanara -- 
of his own; hata -- hand; cari -- four; hasta -- cubits; haya -- is; 
maha-purusa -- as a great personality; vikhyata -- celebrated.
 
TRANSLATION
 
One who measures four cubits in height and in breadth by his own hand is 
celebrated as a great personality.
 
Adi 3.43
 
TEXT 43
 
TEXT
 
‘nyagrodha-parimandala' haya tanra nama
nyagrodha-parimandala-tanu caitanya guna-dhama
SYNONYMS
 
nyagrodha-parimandala -- nyagrodha-parimandala; haya -- is; tanra -- of 
him; nama -- the name; nyagrodha-parimandala-nyagrodha-parimandala; tanu 
-- having such a body; caitanya -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; guna-dhama -
- the abode of good qualities.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Such a person is called nyagrodha-parimandala. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, 
who personifies all good qualities, has the body of a nyagrodha-
parimandala.
 
PURPORT
 
No one other than the Supreme Lord Himself, who has engaged the 
conditioned souls by His own illusory energy, can possess these bodily 
features. These features certainly indicate an incarnation of Visnu and 
no one else.
 
Adi 3.44
 
TEXT 44
 
TEXT
 
ajanulambita-bhuja kamala-locana
tilaphula-jini-nasa, sudhamsu-vadana
SYNONYMS
 
a-janu-lambita-bhuja -- arms that reach the knees; kamala-locana -- with 
lotus eyes; tila-phula -- the blossom of the sesame plant; jini -- 
conquering; nasa -- whose nose; sudha-amsu-vadana -- whose face is like 
the moon.
 
TRANSLATION
 
His arms are long enough to reach His knees, His eyes are just like 
lotus flowers, His nose is like a sesame flower, and His face is as 
beautiful as the moon.
 
Adi 3.45
 
TEXT 45
 
TEXT
 
santa, danta, krsna-bhakti-nistha-parayana
bhakta-vatsala, susila, sarva-bhute sama
SYNONYMS
 
santa -- peaceful; danta -- controlled; krsna-bhakti -- to the service 
of Lord Krsna; nistha-parayana -- fully devoted; bhakta-vatsala -- 
affectionate toward the devotees; su-sila -- good character; sarva-bhute 
-- to all living beings; sama -- equal.
 
TRANSLATION
 
He is peaceful, self-controlled and fully devoted to the transcendental 
service of Lord Sri Krsna. He is affectionate toward His devotees, He is 
gentle, and He is equally disposed toward all living beings.
 
Adi 3.46
 
TEXT 46
 
TEXT
 
candanera angada-bala, candana-bhusana
nrtya-kale pari' karena krsna-sankirtana
SYNONYMS
 
candanera -- of sandalwood; angada -- and armlets; bala -- bangles; 
candana -- of sandalwood pulp; bhusana -- decorations; nrtya-kale -- at 
the time of dancing; pari' -- putting on; karena -- does; krsna-
sankirtana -- congregational chanting of the name of Krsna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
He is decorated with sandalwood bangles and armlets and anointed with 
the pulp of sandalwood. He especially wears these decorations to dance 
in sri-krsna-sankirtana.
 
Adi 3.47
 
TEXT 47
 
TEXT
 
ei saba guna lana muni vaisampayana
sahasra-name kaila tanra nama-ganana
SYNONYMS
 
ei -- these; saba -- all; guna -- qualities; lana -- taking; muni -- the 
sage; vaisampayana -- named Vaisampayana; sahasra-name -- in the Visnu-
sahasra-nama; kaila -- did; tanra -- of Him; nama-ganana -- counting of 
the name.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Recording all these qualities of Lord Caitanya, the sage Vaisampayana 
included His name in the Visnu-sahasra-nama.
 
Adi 3.48
 
TEXT 48
 
TEXT
 
dui lila caitanyera -- adi ara sesa
dui lilaya cari cari nama visesa
SYNONYMS
 
dui -- two; lila -- pastimes; caitanyera -- of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
adi -- first; ara -- and; sesa -- final; dui -- two; lilaya -- in 
pastimes; cari -- four; cari -- and four; nama -- names; visesa -- 
specific.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The pastimes of Lord Caitanya have two divisions -- the early pastimes [
adi-lila] and the later pastimes [sesa-lila]. He has four names in each 
of these two lilas.
 
Adi 3.49
 
TEXT 49
 
TEXT
 
suvarna-varno hemango
varangas candanangadi
sannyasa-krc chamah santo
nistha-santi-parayanah
SYNONYMS
 
suvarna -- of gold; varnah -- having the color; hema-angah -- whose body 
was like molten gold; vara-angah -- having a most beautiful body; 
candana-angadi -- whose body was smeared with sandalwood; sannyasa-krt --
 practicing the renounced order of life; samah -- equipoised; santah -- 
peaceful; nistha -- devotion; santi -- and of peace; parayanah -- the 
highest resort.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"In His early pastimes He appears as a householder with a golden 
complexion. His limbs are beautiful, and His body, smeared with the pulp 
of sandalwood, seems like molten gold. In His later pastimes He accepts 
the sannyasa order, and He is equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest 
abode of peace and devotion, for He silences the impersonalist 
nondevotees."
 
PURPORT
 
This is a verse from the Mahabharata (Dana-dharma, Visnu-sahasra-nama-
stotra). In his commentary on the Visnu-sahasra-nama, called the 
Namartha-sudha, Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, commenting upon this verse, 
asserts that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead 
according to the evidence of the Upanisads. He explains that suvarna-
varnah means a golden complexion. He also quotes the Vedic injunction 
yada pasyah pasyate rukma-varnam kartaram isam purusam brahma-yonim (
Mundaka Up. 3.1.3). Rukma-varnam kartaram isam refers to the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead as having a complexion the color of molten gold. 
Purusam means the Supreme Lord, and brahma-yonim indicates that He is 
also the Supreme Brahman. This evidence, too, proves that Lord Caitanya 
is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna. Another meaning of the 
description of the Lord as having a golden hue is that Lord Caitanya's 
personality is as fascinating as gold is attractive. Srila Baladeva 
Vidyabhusana has explained that the word varanga means "exquisitely 
beautiful."
 
Lord Caitanya accepted sannyasa, leaving aside His householder life, to 
preach His mission. He has equanimity in different senses. First, He 
describes the confidential truth of the Personality of Godhead, and 
second, He satisfies everyone by knowledge and attachment to Krsna. He 
is peaceful because He renounces all topics not related to the service 
of Krsna. Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana has explained that the word nistha 
indicates His being rigidly fixed in chanting the holy name of Sri Krsna.
 Lord Caitanya subdued all disturbing opponents of devotional service, 
especially the monists, who are actually averse to the personal feature 
of the Supreme Lord.
 
Adi 3.50
 
TEXT 50
 
TEXT
 
vyakta kari' bhagavate kahe bara bara
kali-yuge dharma -- nama-sankirtana sara
SYNONYMS
 
vyakta -- evident; kari' -- making; bhagavate -- in Srimad-Bhagavatam; 
kahe -- they say; bara bara -- time and time again; kali-yuge -- in the 
Age of Kali; dharma -- the religion; nama-sankirtana -- congregational 
chanting of the holy name; sara -- the essence.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is repeatedly and clearly said that the essence 
of religion in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Krsna.
 
Adi 3.51
 
TEXT 51
 
TEXT
 
iti dvapara urv-isa
stuvanti jagad-isvaram
nana-tantra-vidhanena
kalav api yatha srnu
SYNONYMS
 
iti -- thus; dvapare -- in the Dvapara Age; uru-isa -- O King; stuvanti -
- they praise; jagat-isvaram -- the Lord of the universe; nana -- 
various; tantra -- of scriptures; vidhanena -- by the regulations; kalau 
-- in the Age of Kali; api -- also; yatha -- in which manner; srnu -- 
please hear.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"O King, in this way people in Dvapara-yuga worshiped the Lord of the 
universe. In Kali-yuga they also worship the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead by the regulations of the revealed scriptures. Kindly now hear 
of that from me.
 
PURPORT
 
This verse is spoken by Saint Karabhajana in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.31).
 
Adi 3.52
 
TEXT 52
 
krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
sangopangastra-parsadam
yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
yajanti hi su-medhasah
SYNONYMS
 
krsna-varnam -- repeating the syllables krs-na; tvisa -- with a luster; 
akrsnam -- not black (golden); sa-anga -- along with associates; upanga -
- servitors; astra -- weapons; parsadam -- confidential companions; 
yajnaih -- by sacrifice; sankirtana-prayaih -- consisting chiefly of 
congregational chanting; yajanti -- they worship; hi -- certainly; su-
medhasah -- intelligent persons.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting 
to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of 
Krsna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krsna Himself. He 
is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential 
companions."
 
PURPORT
 
This text is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32). Srila Jiva Gosvami has 
explained this verse in his commentary on the Bhagavatam, known as the 
Krama-sandarbha, wherein he says that Lord Krsna also appears with a 
golden complexion. That golden Lord Krsna is Lord Caitanya, who is 
worshiped by intelligent men in this age. That is confirmed in Srimad-
Bhagavatam by Garga Muni, who said that although the child Krsna was 
blackish, He also appears in three other colors -- red, white and yellow.
 He exhibited His white and red complexions in the Satya and Treta ages 
respectively. He did not exhibit the remaining color, yellow-gold, until 
He appeared as Lord Caitanya, who is known as Gaura Hari.
 
Srila Jiva Gosvami explains that krsna-varnam means Sri Krsna Caitanya. 
Krsna-varna and Krsna Caitanya are equivalent. The name Krsna appears 
with both Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya Krsna. Lord Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He always engages 
in describing Krsna and thus enjoys transcendental bliss by chanting and 
remembering His name and form. Lord Krsna Himself appears as Lord 
Caitanya to preach the highest gospel.
 
Lord Caitanya always chants the holy name of Krsna and describes it also,
 and because He is Krsna Himself, whoever meets Him will automatically 
chant the holy name of Krsna and later describe it to others. He injects 
one with transcendental Krsna consciousness, which merges the chanter in 
transcendental bliss. In all respects, therefore, He appears before 
everyone as Krsna, either by personality or by sound. Simply by seeing 
Lord Caitanya one at once remembers Lord Krsna. One may therefore accept 
Him as visnu-tattva. In other words, Lord Caitanya is Lord Krsna Himself.
 
Sangopangastra-parsadam further indicates that Lord Caitanya is Lord 
Krsna. His body is always decorated with ornaments of sandalwood and 
with sandalwood paste. By His superexcellent beauty He subdues all the 
people of the age. In other descents the Lord sometimes used weapons to 
defeat the demoniac, but in this age the Lord subdues them with His all-
attractive figure as Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva Gosvami explains 
that His beauty is His astra, or weapon, to subdue the demons. Because 
He is all-attractive, it is to be understood that all the demigods lived 
with Him as His companions. His acts were uncommon and His associates 
wonderful. When He propagated the sankirtana movement, He attracted many 
great scholars and acaryas, especially in Bengal and Orissa. Lord 
Caitanya is always accompanied by His best associates like Lord 
Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara and Srivasa.
 
Srila Jiva Gosvami cites a verse from the Vedic literature which says 
that there is no necessity of performing sacrificial demonstrations or 
ceremonial functions. He comments that instead of engaging in such 
external, pompous exhibitions, all people, regardless of caste, color or 
creed, can assemble together and chant Hare Krsna to worship Lord 
Caitanya. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam [SB 11.5.32] indicates that 
prominence should be given to the name of Krsna. Lord Caitanya taught 
Krsna consciousness and chanted the name of Krsna. Therefore, to worship 
Lord Caitanya, everyone should together chant the maha-mantra -- Hare 
Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama 
Rama, Hare Hare. To propagate worship in churches, temples or mosques is 
not possible, because people have lost interest in that. But anywhere 
and everywhere, people can chant Hare Krsna. Thus worshiping Lord 
Caitanya, they can perform the highest activity and fulfill the highest 
religious purpose of satisfying the Supreme Lord.
 
Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, a famous disciple of Lord Caitanya, said, 
"The principle of transcendental devotional service having been lost, 
Sri Krsna Caitanya has appeared in order to deliver again the process of 
devotion. He is so kind that He is distributing love of Krsna. Everyone 
should be attracted more and more to His lotus feet, as humming bees are 
attracted to a lotus flower."
 
Adi 3.53
 
TEXT 53
 
TEXT
 
suna, bhai, ei saba caitanya-mahima
ei sloke kahe tanra mahimara sima
SYNONYMS
 
suna -- please hear; bhai -- O brothers; ei -- this; saba -- all; 
caitanya -- of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mahima -- the glories; ei -- 
this; sloke -- verse; kahe -- says; tanra -- of Him; mahimara -- of the 
glories; sima -- the limit.
 
TRANSLATION
 
My dear brothers, please hear all these glories of Lord Caitanya. This 
verse clearly summarizes His activities and characteristics.
 
Adi 3.54
 
TEXT 54
 
TEXT
 
‘krsna' ei dui varna sada yanra mukhe
athava, krsnake tinho varne nija sukhe
SYNONYMS
 
krsna -- krs-na; ei -- these; dui -- two; varna -- syllables; sada -- 
always; yanra -- of whom; mukhe -- in the mouth; athava -- or else; 
krsnake -- Lord Krsna; tinho -- He; varne -- describes; nija -- His own; 
sukhe -- in happiness.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The two syllables "krs-na" are always in His mouth; or, He constantly 
describes Krsna with great pleasure.
 
Adi 3.55
 
TEXT 55
 
TEXT
 
krsna-varna-sabdera artha dui ta pramana
krsna vinu tanra mukhe nahi aise ana
SYNONYMS
 
krsna-varna-sabdera -- of the word krsna-varna; artha -- the meaning; 
dui -- two; ta -- certainly; pramana -- examples; krsna -- Krsna; vinu --
 except for; tanra -- of Him; mukhe -- in the mouth; nahi aise -- does 
not come; ana -- anything else.
 
TRANSLATION
 
These are two meanings of the word "krsna-varna." Indeed, nothing else 
but Krsna issues from His mouth.
 
Adi 3.56
 
TEXT 56
 
TEXT
 
keha tanre bale yadi krsna-varana
ara visesane tara kare nivarana
SYNONYMS
 
keha -- someone; tanre -- to Him; bale -- ascribes; yadi -- if; krsna -- 
black; varana -- the color; ara -- another; visesane -- in the adjective;
 tara -- of that; kare -- does; nivarana -- prevention.
 
TRANSLATION
 
If someone tries to describe Him as being of blackish complexion, the 
next adjective [tvisa akrsnam] immediately restricts him.
 
Adi 3.57
 
TEXT 57
 
TEXT
 
deha-kantye haya tenho akrsna-varana
akrsna-varane kahe pita-varana
SYNONYMS
 
deha-kantye -- in the luster of the body; haya -- is; tenho -- He; 
akrsna -- not black; varana -- the color; akrsna-varane -- by a color 
that is not blackish; kahe -- one means; pita -- yellow; varana -- the 
color.
 
TRANSLATION
 
His complexion is certainly not blackish. Indeed, His not being blackish 
indicates that His complexion is yellow.
 
Adi 3.58
 
TEXT 58
 
TEXT
 
kalau yam vidvamsah sphutam abhiyajante dyuti-bharad
akrsnangam krsnam makha-vidhibhir utkirtana-mayaih
upasyam ca prahur yam akhila-caturthasrama-jusam
sa devas caitanyakrtir atitaram nah krpayatu
SYNONYMS
 
kalau -- in the Age of Kali; yam -- Him whom; vidvamsah -- the learned 
men; sphutam -- clearly manifested; abhiyajante -- worship; dyuti-bharat 
-- due to an abundance of bodily luster; akrsna-angam -- whose body is 
not blackish; krsnam -- Lord Krsna; makha-vidhibhih -- by the 
performances of sacrifice; utkirtana-mayaih -- consisting of loud 
chanting of the holy name; upasyam -- worshipable object; ca -- and; 
prahuh -- they said; yam -- whom; akhila -- all; caturtha-asrama-jusam --
 of those who are in the fourth order of life (sannyasa); sah -- He; 
devah -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; caitanya-akrtih -- having 
the form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; atitaram -- excessively; nah -- 
unto us; krpayatu -- let Him show His mercy.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name,
 learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship Lord Krsna, who is now 
nonblackish because of the great upsurge of the feelings of Srimati 
Radharani. He is the only worshipable Deity for the paramahamsas, who 
have attained the highest stage of the fourth order [sannyasa]. May that 
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great 
causeless mercy."
 
PURPORT
 
This verse is Dvitiya Sri Caitanyastaka 1, from the Stava-mala of Srila 
Rupa Gosvami.
 
Adi 3.59
 
TEXT 59
 
TEXT
 
pratyaksa tanhara tapta-kancanera dyuti
yanhara chataya nase ajnana-tamastati
SYNONYMS
 
pratyaksa -- vivid; tanhara -- of Him; tapta -- molten; kancanera -- of 
gold; dyuti -- effulgence; yanhara -- of whom; chataya -- by the luster; 
nase -- destroys; ajnana -- of ignorance; tamastati -- the extent of the 
darkness.
 
TRANSLATION
 
One can vividly see His glowing complexion of molten gold, which dispels 
the darkness of ignorance.
 
Adi 3.60
 
TEXT 60
 
TEXT
 
jivera kalmasa-tamo nasa karibare
anga-upanga-nama nana astra dhare
SYNONYMS
 
jivera -- of the living entity; kalmasa -- of sinful activities; tamah --
 the darkness; nasa karibare -- for destroying; anga -- associates; 
upanga -- devotees; nama -- holy names; nana -- various; astra -- 
weapons; dhare -- He holds.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The sinful life of the living beings results from ignorance. To destroy 
that ignorance, He has brought various weapons, such as His plenary 
associates, His devotees and the holy name.
 
Adi 3.61
 
TEXT 61
 
TEXT
 
bhaktira virodhi karma-dharma va adharma
tahara ‘kalmasa' nama, sei maha-tamah
SYNONYMS
 
bhaktira -- to devotional service; virodhi -- averse; karma -- activity; 
dharma -- religious; va -- or; adharma -- irreligious; tahara -- of that;
 kalmasa -- sin; nama -- the name; sei -- this; maha-tamah -- great 
darkness.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The greatest ignorance consists of activities, whether religious or 
irreligious, that are opposed to devotional service. They are to be 
known as sins [kalmasa].
 
Adi 3.62
 
TEXT 62
 
TEXT
 
bahu tuli' hari bali' prema-drstye caya
kariya kalmasa nasa premete bhasaya
SYNONYMS
 
bahu tuli' -- raising the arms; hari bali' -- chanting the holy name; 
prema-drstye -- with His glance of deep love; caya -- He looks; kariya --
 causing; kalmasa -- to sins; nasa -- destruction; premete -- in love of 
God; bhasaya -- He floods.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Raising His arms, chanting the holy name and looking upon all with deep 
love, He drives away all sins and floods everyone with love of Godhead.
 
Adi 3.63
 
TEXT 63
 
TEXT
 
smitalokah sokam harati jagatam yasya parito
giram tu prarambhah kusala-patalim pallavayati
padalambhah kam va pranayati na hi prema-nivaham
sa devas caitanyakrtir atitaram nah krpayatu
SYNONYMS
 
smita -- smiling; alokah -- glance; sokam -- the bereavement; harati -- 
takes away; jagatam -- of the world; yasya -- whose; paritah -- all 
around; giram -- of the speech; tu -- also; prarambhah -- the beginning; 
kusala -- of auspiciousness; patalim -- the mass; pallavayati -- causes 
to blossom; pada-alambhah -- the taking hold of the lotus feet; kam va --
 what possibly; pranayati -- leads to; na -- not; hi -- certainly; prema-
nivaham -- quantity of love of Godhead; sah -- He; devah -- the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead; caitanya-akrtih -- having the form of Lord 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; atitaram -- excessively; nah -- unto us; krpayatu --
 may He show His mercy.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of Lord Sri Caitanya 
bestow His causeless mercy upon us. His smiling glance at once drives 
away all the bereavements of the world, and His very words enliven the 
auspicious creepers of devotion by expanding their leaves. Taking 
shelter of His lotus feet invokes transcendental love of God at once."
 
PURPORT
 
This verse is Dvitiya Sri Caitanyastaka 8, from the Stava-mala of Srila 
Rupa Gosvami.
 
Adi 3.64
 
TEXT 64
 
TEXT
 
sri-anga, sri-mukha yei kare darasana
tara papa-ksaya haya, paya prema-dhana
SYNONYMS
 
sri-anga -- His body; sri-mukha -- His face; yei -- anyone who; kare -- 
does; darasana -- seeing; tara -- of him; papa-ksaya -- destruction of 
sins; haya -- there is; paya -- obtains; prema-dhana -- the wealth of 
love of Godhead.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Anyone who looks upon His beautiful body or beautiful face becomes freed 
from all sins and obtains the wealth of love of Godhead.
 
Adi 3.65
 
TEXT 65
 
TEXT
 
anya avatare saba sainya-sastra sange
caitanya-krsnera sainya anga-upange
SYNONYMS
 
anya -- other; avatare -- in incarnations; saba -- all; sainya -- 
soldiers; sastra -- and weapons; sange -- along with; caitanya-krsnera --
 of Lord Krsna as Lord Caitanya; sainya -- soldiers; anga -- plenary 
parts; upange -- and associates.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In other incarnations the Lord descended with armies and weapons, but in 
this incarnation His soldiers are His plenary parts and associates.
 
Adi 3.66
 
TEXT 66
 
TEXT
 
sadopasyah sriman dhrta-manuja-kayaih pranayitam
vahadbhir gir-vanair girisa-paramesthi-prabhrtibhih
sva-bhaktebhyah suddham nija-bhajana-mudram upadisan
sa caitanyah kim me punar api drsor yasyati padam
SYNONYMS
 
sada -- always; upasyah -- worshipable; sriman -- beautiful; dhrta -- 
who accepted; manuja-kayaih -- the bodies of men; pranayitam -- love; 
vahadbhih -- who were bearing; gih-vanaih -- by the demigods; girisa -- 
Lord Siva; paramesthi -- Lord Brahma; prabhrtibhih -- headed by; sva-
bhaktebhyah -- unto His own devotees; suddham -- pure; nija-bhajana -- 
of His own worship; mudram -- the mark; upadisan -- instructing; sah -- 
He; caitanyah -- Lord Caitanya; kim -- what; me -- my; punah -- again; 
api -- certainly; drsoh -- of the two eyes; yasyati -- He will go; padam 
-- to the abode.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always the most worshipable Deity of 
the demigods, including Lord Siva and Lord Brahma, who came in the garb 
of ordinary men, bearing love for Him. He instructs His own pure 
devotional service to His own devotees. Will He again be the object of 
my vision?"
 
PURPORT
 
This verse is Prathama Sri Caitanyastaka 1, from the Stava-mala of Srila 
Rupa Gosvami.
 
Adi 3.67
 
TEXT 67
 
TEXT
 
angopanga astra kare sva-karya-sadhana
‘anga'-sabdera artha ara suna diya mana
SYNONYMS
 
anga-upanga -- plenary parts and associates; astra -- weapons; kare -- 
do; sva-karya -- of their own business; sadhana -- as the accomplishment;
 anga-sabdera -- of the word anga; artha -- the meaning; ara -- another; 
suna -- please hear; diya -- giving; mana -- the mind.
 
TRANSLATION
 
His plenary parts and associates perform the work of weapons as their 
own specific duties. Please hear from me another meaning of the word "
anga."
 
Adi 3.68
 
TEXT 68
 
TEXT
 
‘anga'-sabde amsa kahe sastra-paramana
angera avayava ‘upanga'-vyakhyana
SYNONYMS
 
anga-sabde -- by the word anga, or limb; amsa -- part; kahe -- says; 
sastra -- of the scriptures; paramana -- the evidence; angera -- of the 
limb; avayava -- the constituent part; upanga-vyakhyana -- the 
exposition of the word upanga.
 
TRANSLATION
 
According to the evidence of the revealed scriptures, a bodily limb [
anga] is also called a part [amsa], and a part of a limb is called a 
partial part [upanga].
 
Adi 3.69
 
TEXT 69
 
TEXT
 
narayanas tvam na hi sarva-dehinam
atmasy adhisakhila-loka-saksi
narayano 'ngam nara-bhu-jalayanat
tac capi satyam na tavaiva maya
SYNONYMS
 
narayanah -- Lord Narayana; tvam -- You; na -- not; hi -- certainly; 
sarva -- all; dehinam -- of the embodied beings; atma -- the Supersoul; 
asi -- You are; adhisa -- O Lord; akhila-loka -- of all the worlds; 
saksi -- the witness; narayanah -- known as Narayana; angam -- plenary 
portion; nara -- of Nara; bhu -- born; jala -- in the water; ayanat -- 
due to the place of refuge; tat -- that; ca -- and; api -- certainly; 
satyam -- highest truth; na -- not; tava -- Your; eva -- at all; maya -- 
the illusory energy.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are indeed 
everyone's dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my father, Narayana? ‘
Narayana' refers to one whose abode is in the water born from Nara [
Garbhodakasayi Visnu], and that Narayana is Your plenary portion. All 
Your plenary portions are transcendental. They are absolute and are not 
creations of maya."
 
PURPORT
 
This text was spoken to Lord Krsna by Brahma in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.
14).
 
Adi 3.70
 
TEXT 70
 
TEXT
 
jala-sayi antar-yami yei narayana
seho tomara amsa, tumi mula narayana
SYNONYMS
 
jala-sayi -- lying in the water; antah-yami -- indwelling Supersoul; yei 
-- He who; narayana -- Lord Narayana; seho -- He; tomara -- Your; amsa --
 plenary portion; tumi -- You; mula -- original; narayana -- Narayana.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The manifestation of the Narayana who predominates in everyone's heart, 
as well as the Narayana who lives in the waters [Karana, Garbha and 
Ksira], is Your plenary portion. You are therefore the original Narayana.
 
Adi 3.71
 
TEXT 71
 
TEXT
 
‘anga'-sabde amsa kahe, seho satya haya
maya-karya nahe -- saba cid-ananda-maya
SYNONYMS
 
anga-sabde -- by the word anga; amsa -- plenary portion; kahe -- one 
means; seho -- that; satya -- the truth; haya -- is; maya -- of the 
material energy; karya -- the work; nahe -- is not; saba -- all; cit-
ananda-maya -- full of knowledge and bliss.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The word "anga" indeed refers to plenary portions. Such manifestations 
should never be considered products of material nature, for they are all 
transcendental, full of knowledge and full of bliss.
 
PURPORT
 
In the material world, if a fragment is taken from an original object, 
the original object is reduced by the removal of that fragment. But the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead is not at all affected by the actions of 
maya. The Isopanisad says:
 
om purnam adah purnam idam
purnat purnam udacyate
purnasya purnam adaya
purnam evavasisyate
 
"The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is 
completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal 
world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced 
of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the 
complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He 
remains the complete balance." (Sri Isopanisad, Invocation)
 
In the realm of the Absolute, one plus one equals one, and one minus one 
equals one. Therefore one should not conceive of a fragment of the 
Supreme Lord in the material sense. In the spiritual world there is no 
influence of the material energy or material calculations of fragments. 
In the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that the 
living entities are His parts and parcels. There are innumerable living 
entities throughout the material and spiritual universes, but still Lord 
Krsna is full in Himself. To think that God has lost His personality 
because His many parts and parcels are distributed all over the universe 
is an illusion. That is a material calculation. Such calculations are 
possible only under the influence of the material energy, maya. In the 
spiritual world the material energy is conspicuous only by its absence.
 
In the category of visnu-tattva there is no loss of power from one 
expansion to the next, any more than there is a loss of illumination as 
one candle kindles another. Thousands of candles may be kindled by an 
original candle, and all will have the same candle power. In this way it 
is to be understood that although all the visnu-tattvas, from Krsna and 
Lord Caitanya to Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha and so on, appear with different 
features in different ages, all are equally invested with supreme 
potency.
 
Demigods such as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva come in contact with the 
material energy, and their power and potency are therefore of different 
gradations. All the incarnations of Visnu, however, are equal in potency,
 for the influence of maya cannot even approach Them.
 
Adi 3.72
 
TEXT 72
 
TEXT
 
advaita, nityananda -- caitanyera dui anga
angera avayava-gana kahiye upanga
SYNONYMS
 
advaita -- Advaita Acarya; nityananda -- Lord Nityananda; caitanyera -- 
of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dui -- two; anga -- limbs; angera -- of the 
limbs; avayava-gana -- the constituent parts; kahiye -- I say; upanga -- 
parts.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Advaita Prabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu are both plenary portions 
of Lord Caitanya. Thus They are the limbs [angas] of His body. The parts 
of these two limbs are called the upangas.
 
Adi 3.73
 
TEXT 73
 
TEXT
 
angopanga tiksna astra prabhura sahite
sei saba astra haya pasanda dalite
SYNONYMS
 
anga-upanga -- plenary portions and parts; tiksna -- sharp; astra -- 
weapons; prabhura sahite -- along with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sei -- 
these; saba -- all; astra -- weapons; haya -- are; pasanda -- the 
atheists; dalite -- to trample.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus the Lord is equipped with sharp weapons in the form of His parts 
and plenary portions. All these weapons are competent enough to crush 
the faithless atheists.
 
PURPORT
 
The word pasanda is very significant here. One who compares the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead to the demigods is known as a pasanda. Pasandas 
try to bring the Supreme Lord down to a mundane level. Sometimes they 
create their own imaginary God or accept an ordinary person as God and 
advertise him as equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They are 
so foolish that they present someone as the next incarnation of Lord 
Caitanya or Krsna although his activities are all contradictory to those 
of a genuine incarnation, and thus they fool the innocent public. One 
who is intelligent and who studies the characteristics of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead with reference to the Vedic context cannot be 
bewildered by the pasandas.
 
Pasandas, or atheists, cannot understand the pastimes of the Supreme 
Lord or transcendental loving service to the Lord. They think that 
devotional service is no better than ordinary fruitive activities (karma)
. As the Bhagavad-gita (4.8) confirms, however, the Supreme Personality 
of Godhead and His devotees, saving the righteous and chastising the 
miscreants (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam), always curb 
these nonsensical atheists. Miscreants always want to deny the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead and put stumbling blocks in the path of 
devotional service. The Lord sends His bona fide representatives and 
appears Himself to curb this nonsense.
 
Adi 3.74
 
TEXT 74
 
TEXT
 
nityananda gosani saksat haladhara
advaita acarya gosani saksat isvara
SYNONYMS
 
nityananda gosani -- Lord Nityananda Gosani; saksat -- directly; hala-
dhara -- Lord Balarama, the holder of the plow; advaita acarya gosani -- 
Sri Advaita Acarya Gosani; saksat -- directly; isvara -- the Personality 
of Godhead.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Nityananda Gosani is directly Haladhara [Lord Balarama], and Advaita 
Acarya is the Personality of Godhead Himself.
 
Adi 3.75
 
TEXT 75
 
TEXT
 
srivasadi parisada sainya sange lana
dui sena-pati bule kirtana kariya
SYNONYMS
 
srivasa-adi -- Srivasa and others; parisada -- associates; sainya -- 
soldiers; sange -- along with; lana -- taking; dui -- two; sena-pati -- 
captains; bule -- travel; kirtana kariya -- chanting the holy name.
 
TRANSLATION
 
These two captains, with Their soldiers such as Srivasa Thakura, travel 
everywhere, chanting the holy name of the Lord.
 
Adi 3.76
 
TEXT 76
 
TEXT
 
pasanda-dalana-vana nityananda raya
acarya-hunkare papa-pasandi palaya
SYNONYMS
 
pasanda-dalana -- of trampling the atheists; vana -- having the feature; 
nityananda -- Lord Nityananda; raya -- the honorable; acarya -- of 
Advaita Acarya; hunkare -- by the war cry; papa -- sins; pasandi -- and 
atheists; palaya -- run away.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lord Nityananda's very features indicate that He is the subduer of the 
unbelievers. All sins and unbelievers flee from the loud shouts of 
Advaita Acarya.
 
Adi 3.77
 
TEXT 77
 
TEXT
 
sankirtana-pravartaka sri-krsna-caitanya
sankirtana-yajne tanre bhaje, sei dhanya
SYNONYMS
 
sankirtana-pravartaka -- the initiator of congregational chanting; sri-
krsna-caitanya -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sankirtana -- of 
congregational chanting; yajne -- by the sacrifice; tanre -- Him; bhaje -
- worships; sei -- he; dhanya -- fortunate.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya is the initiator of sankirtana [congregational 
chanting of the holy name of the Lord]. One who worships Him through 
sankirtana is fortunate indeed.
 
Adi 3.78
 
TEXT 78
 
TEXT
 
sei ta' sumedha, ara kubuddhi samsara
sarva-yajna haite krsna-nama-yajna sara
SYNONYMS
 
sei -- he; ta' -- certainly; su-medha -- intelligent; ara -- others; ku-
buddhi -- poor understanding; samsara -- in the material world; sarva-
yajna haite -- than all other sacrifices; krsna-nama -- of chanting the 
name of Lord Krsna; yajna -- the sacrifice; sara -- the best.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Such a person is truly intelligent, whereas others, who have but a poor 
fund of knowledge, must endure the cycle of repeated birth and death. Of 
all sacrificial performances, the chanting of the Lord's holy name is 
the most sublime.
 
PURPORT
 
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the father and inaugurator of the 
sankirtana movement. One who worships Him by sacrificing his life, money,
 intelligence and words for the sankirtana movement is recognized by the 
Lord and endowed with His blessings. All others may be said to be 
foolish, for of all sacrifices in which a man may apply his energy, a 
sacrifice made for the sankirtana movement is the most glorious.
 
Adi 3.79
 
TEXT 79
 
TEXT
 
koti asvamedha eka krsna nama sama
yei kahe, se pasandi, dande tare yama
SYNONYMS
 
koti -- ten million; asvamedha -- horse sacrifices; eka -- one; krsna -- 
of Lord Krsna; nama -- name; sama -- equal to; yei -- one who; kahe -- 
says; se -- he; pasandi -- atheist; dande -- punishes; tare -- him; yama 
-- Yamaraja.
 
TRANSLATION
 
One who says that ten million asvamedha sacrifices are equal to the 
chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna is undoubtedly an atheist. He is 
sure to be punished by Yamaraja.
 
PURPORT
 
In the list of the ten kinds of offenses in chanting the holy name of 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hare Krsna, the eighth offense is 
dharma-vrata-tyaga-hutadi-sarva-subha-kriya-samyam api pramadah. One 
should never consider the chanting of the holy name of Godhead equal to 
pious activities like giving charity to brahmanas or saintly persons, 
opening charitable educational institutions, distributing free food and 
so on. The results of pious activities do not equal the results of 
chanting the holy name of Krsna.
 
The Vedic scriptures say:
 
go-koti-danam grahane khagasya
prayaga-gangodaka-kalpa-vasah
yajnayutam meru-suvarna-danam
govinda-kirter na samam satamsaih
 
"Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse 
of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna for 
millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the 
brahmanas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from 
chanting Hare Krsna." In other words, one who accepts the chanting of 
Hare Krsna to be some kind of pious activity is completely misled. Of 
course, it is pious; but the real fact is that Krsna and His name, being 
transcendental, are far above all mundane pious activity. Pious activity 
is on the material platform, but chanting of the holy name of Krsna is 
completely on the spiritual plane. Therefore, although pasandis do not 
understand this, pious activity can never compare to the chanting of the 
holy name.
 
Adi 3.80
 
TEXT 80
 
TEXT
 
‘bhagavata-sandarbha'-granthera mangalacarane
e-sloka jiva-gosani kariyachena vyakhyane
SYNONYMS
 
bhagavata-sandarbha-granthera -- of the book called Bhagavata-sandarbha; 
mangala-acarane -- in the auspicious introduction; e-sloka -- this verse;
 jiva-gosani -- Jiva Gosvami; kariyachena -- has made; vyakhyane -- in 
explaining.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the auspicious introduction to the Bhagavata-sandarbha, Srila Jiva 
Gosvami has given the following verse as an explanation.
 
Adi 3.81
 
TEXT 81
 
TEXT
 
antah krsnam bahir gauram
darsitangadi-vaibhavam
kalau sankirtanadyaih sma
krsna-caitanyam asritah
SYNONYMS
 
antah -- internally; krsnam -- Lord Krsna; bahih -- externally; gauram --
 fair-colored; darsita -- displayed; anga -- limbs; adi -- beginning 
with; vaibhavam -- expansions; kalau -- in the Age of Kali; sankirtana-
adyaih -- by congregational chanting, etc.; sma -- certainly; krsna-
caitanyam -- unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; asritah -- sheltered.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"I take shelter of Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is outwardly 
of a fair complexion but is inwardly Krsna Himself. In this Age of Kali 
He displays His expansions [His angas and upangas] by performing 
congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord."
 
PURPORT
 
Srila Jiva Gosvami has placed the verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam quoted in 
text 52 (krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam [SB 11.5.32]) as the auspicious 
introduction to his Bhagavata-sandarbha, or Sat-sandarbha. He has 
composed this text (81), which is, in effect, an explanation of the 
Bhagavatam verse, as the second verse of the same work. The verse from 
Srimad-Bhagavatam was enunciated by Karabhajana, one of the nine great 
sages, and it is elaborately explained by the Sarva-samvadini, Jiva 
Gosvami's commentary on his own Sat-sandarbha.
 
Antah krsna refers to one who is always thinking of Krsna. This attitude 
is a predominant feature of Srimati Radharani. Even though many devotees 
always think of Krsna, none can surpass the gopis, among whom Radharani 
is the leader in thinking of Krsna. Radharani's Krsna consciousness 
surpasses that of all other devotees. Lord Caitanya accepted the 
position of Srimati Radharani to understand Krsna; therefore He was 
always thinking of Krsna in the same way as Radharani. By thinking of 
Lord Krsna, He always overlapped Krsna.
 
Sri Krsna Caitanya, who was outwardly very fair, with a complexion like 
molten gold, simultaneously manifested His eternal associates, opulences,
 expansions and incarnations. He preached the process of chanting Hare 
Krsna, and those who are under His lotus feet are glorious.
 
Adi 3.82
 
TEXT 82
 
TEXT
 
upa-puraneha suni sri-krsna-vacana
krpa kari vyasa prati kariyachena kathana
SYNONYMS
 
upa-puraneha -- in the Upapuranas; suni -- we hear; sri-krsna-vacana -- 
the words of Lord Krsna; krpa kari -- having mercy; vyasa prati -- 
toward Vyasadeva; kariyachena -- He did; kathana -- speaking.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Upapuranas we hear Sri Krsna showing His mercy to Vyasadeva by 
speaking to him as follows.
 
Adi 3.83
 
TEXT 83
 
TEXT
 
aham eva kvacid brahman
sannyasasramam asritah
hari-bhaktim grahayami
kalau papa-hatan naran
SYNONYMS
 
aham -- I; eva -- certainly; kvacit -- somewhere; brahman -- O brahmana; 
sannyasa-asramam -- the renounced order of life; asritah -- taking 
recourse to; hari-bhaktim -- devotional service to the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead; grahayami -- I shall give; kalau -- in the Age 
of Kali; papa-hatan -- sinful; naran -- to men.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"O learned brahmana, 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."
 
Adi 3.84
 
TEXT 84
 
TEXT
 
bhagavata, bharata-sastra, agama, purana
caitanya-krsna-avatare prakata pramana
SYNONYMS
 
bhagavata -- Srimad-Bhagavatam; bharata-sastra -- Mahabharata; agama -- 
Vedic literatures; purana -- the Puranas; caitanya -- as Lord Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu; krsna -- of Lord Krsna; avatare -- in the incarnation; 
prakata -- displayed; pramana -- evidence.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Mahabharata, the Puranas and other Vedic 
literatures all give evidence to prove that Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu is the incarnation of Krsna.
 
Adi 3.85
 
TEXT 85
 
TEXT
 
pratyakse dekhaha nana prakata prabhava
alaukika karma, alaukika anubhava
SYNONYMS
 
pratyakse -- directly; dekhaha -- just see; nana -- various; prakata -- 
manifested; prabhava -- influence; alaukika -- uncommon; karma -- 
activities; alaukika -- uncommon; anubhava -- realizations in Krsna 
consciousness.
 
TRANSLATION
 
One can also directly see Lord Caitanya's manifest influence in His 
uncommon deeds and uncommon Krsna conscious realization.
 
Adi 3.86
 
TEXT 86
 
TEXT
 
dekhiya na dekhe yata abhaktera gana
uluke na dekhe yena suryera kirana
SYNONYMS
 
dekhiya -- seeing; na dekhe -- they do not see; yata -- all; abhaktera --
 of nondevotees; gana -- crowds; uluke -- the owl; na dekhe -- does not 
see; yena -- just as; suryera -- of the sun; kirana -- rays.
 
TRANSLATION
 
But faithless unbelievers do not see what is clearly evident, just as 
owls do not see the rays of the sun.
 
Adi 3.87
 
TEXT 87
 
TEXT
 
tvam sila-rupa-caritaih parama-prakrstaih
sattvena sattvikataya prabalais ca sastraih
prakhyata-daiva-paramartha-vidam matais ca
naivasura-prakrtayah prabhavanti boddhum
SYNONYMS
 
tvam -- You; sila -- character; rupa -- forms; caritaih -- by acts; 
parama -- most; prakrstaih -- eminent; sattvena -- by uncommon power; 
sattvikataya -- with the quality of predominant goodness; prabalaih -- 
great; ca -- and; sastraih -- by the scriptures; prakhyata -- renowned; 
daiva -- divine; parama-artha-vidam -- of those who know the highest 
goal; mataih -- by the opinions; ca -- and; na -- not; eva -- certainly; 
asura-prakrtayah -- those whose disposition is demoniac; prabhavanti -- 
are able; boddhum -- to know.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"O my Lord, those influenced by demoniac principles cannot realize You, 
although You are clearly the Supreme by dint of Your exalted activities, 
forms, character and uncommon power, which are confirmed by all the 
revealed scriptures in the quality of goodness and the celebrated 
transcendentalists in the divine nature."
 
PURPORT
 
This is a verse from the Stotra-ratna (12) of Yamunacarya, the spiritual 
master of Ramanujacarya. The authentic scriptures describe the 
transcendental activities, features, form and qualities of Krsna, and 
Krsna explains Himself in the Bhagavad-gita, the most authentic 
scripture in the world. He is further explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam, 
which is considered the explanation of the Vedanta-sutra. Lord Krsna is 
accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by these authentic 
scriptures, not simply by vox populi. In the modern age a certain class 
of fools think that they can vote anyone into the position of God, as 
they can vote a man into the position of a political executive head. But 
the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead is perfectly described 
in the authentic scriptures. In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says that 
only fools deride Him, thinking that anyone can speak like Krsna.
 
Even according to historical references, Krsna's activities are most 
uncommon. Krsna has affirmed, "I am God," and He has acted accordingly. 
Mayavadis think that everyone can claim to be God, but that is their 
illusion, for no one else can perform such extraordinary activities as 
Krsna. When He was a child on the lap of His mother, He killed the demon 
Putana. Then He killed the demons Trnavarta, Vatsasura and Baka. When He 
was a little more grown up, He killed the demons Aghasura and Rsabhasura.
 Therefore God is God from the very beginning. The idea that someone can 
become God by meditation is ridiculous. By hard endeavor one may realize 
his godly nature, but he will never become God. The asuras, or demons, 
who think that anyone can become God, are condemned.
 
The authentic scriptures are compiled by personalities like Vyasadeva, 
Narada, Asita and Parasara, who are not ordinary men. All the followers 
of the Vedic way of life have accepted these famous personalities, whose 
authentic scriptures conform to the Vedic literature. Nevertheless, the 
demoniac do not believe their statements, and they purposely oppose the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees. Today it is fashionable 
for common men to write whimsical words as so-called incarnations of God 
and be accepted as authentic by other common men. This demoniac 
mentality is condemned in the Seventh Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, 
wherein it is said that those who are miscreants and the lowest of 
mankind, who are fools and asses, cannot accept the Supreme Personality 
of Godhead because of their demoniac nature. They are compared to ulukas,
 or owls, who cannot open their eyes in the sunlight. Because they 
cannot bear the sunlight, they hide themselves from it and never see it. 
They cannot believe that there is such illumination.
 
Adi 3.88
 
TEXT 88
 
TEXT
 
apana lukaite krsna nana yatna kare
tathapi tanhara bhakta janaye tanhare
SYNONYMS
 
apana -- Himself; lukaite -- to hide; krsna -- Lord Krsna; nana -- 
various; yatna -- efforts; kare -- makes; tathapi -- still; tanhara -- 
His; bhakta -- devotees; janaye -- know; tanhare -- Him.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lord Sri Krsna tries to hide Himself in various ways, but nevertheless 
His pure devotees know Him as He is.
 
Adi 3.89
 
TEXT 89
 
TEXT
 
ullanghita-trividha-sima-samatisayi-
sambhavanam tava parivradhima-svabhavam
maya-balena bhavatapi niguhyamanam
pasyanti kecid anisam tvad-ananya-bhavah
SYNONYMS
 
ullanghita -- passed over; tri-vidha -- three kinds; sima -- the 
limitations; sama -- of equal; atisayi -- and of excelling; sambhavanam -
- by which the adequacy; tava -- Your; parivradhima -- of supremacy; 
svabhavam -- the real nature; maya-balena -- by the strength of the 
illusory energy; bhavata -- Your; api -- although; niguhyamanam -- being 
hidden; pasyanti -- they see; kecit -- some; anisam -- always; tvat -- 
to You; ananya-bhavah -- those who are exclusively devoted.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"O my Lord, everything within material nature is limited by time, space 
and thought. Your characteristics, however, being unequaled and 
unsurpassed, are always transcendental to such limitations. You 
sometimes cover such characteristics by Your own energy, but 
nevertheless Your unalloyed devotees are always able to see You under 
all circumstances."
 
PURPORT
 
This verse is also quoted from the Stotra-ratna (13) of Yamunacarya. 
Everything covered by the influence of maya is within the limited 
boundaries of space, time and thought. Even the greatest manifestation 
we can conceive, the sky, also has limitations. From the authentic 
scriptures, however, it is evident that beyond the sky is a covering of 
seven layers, each ten times thicker than the one preceding it. The 
covering layers are vast, but with or without coverings, space is 
limited. Our power to think about space and time is also limited. Time 
is eternal; we may imagine billions and trillions of years, but that 
will still be an inadequate estimate of the extent of time. Our 
imperfect senses, therefore, cannot think of the greatness of the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor can we bring Him within the 
limitations of time or our thinking power. His position is accordingly 
described by the word ullanghita. He is transcendental to space, time 
and thought; although He appears within them, He exists transcendentally.
 Even when the Lord's transcendental existence is disguised by space, 
time and thought, however, pure devotees of the Supreme Lord can see Him 
in His personal features beyond space, time and thought. In other words, 
even though the Lord is not visible to the eyes of ordinary men, those 
who are beyond the covering layers because of their transcendental 
devotional service can still see Him.
 
The sun may appear covered by a cloud, but actually it is the eyes of 
the tiny people below the cloud that are covered, not the sun. If those 
tiny people rose above the cloud in an airplane, they could then see the 
sunshine and the sun without impediment. Similarly, although the 
covering of maya is very strong, Lord Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita (7.
14):
 
daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te
 
"This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material 
nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me 
can easily cross beyond it." To surpass the influence of the illusory 
energy is very difficult, but those who are determined to catch hold of 
the lotus feet of the Lord are freed from the clutches of maya. 
Therefore, pure devotees can understand the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead, but demons, because of their miscreant behavior, cannot 
understand the Lord, in spite of seeing the many revealed scriptures and 
the uncommon activities of the Lord.
 
Adi 3.90
 
TEXT 90
 
TEXT
 
asura-svabhave krsne kabhu nahi jane
lukaite nare krsna bhakta-jana-sthane
SYNONYMS
 
asura-svabhave -- those whose nature is demoniac; krsne -- Lord Krsna; 
kabhu -- at any time; nahi -- not; jane -- know; lukaite -- to hide; 
nare -- is not able; krsna -- Lord Krsna; bhakta-jana -- of pure 
devotees; sthane -- in a place.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Those whose nature is demoniac cannot know Krsna at any time, but He 
cannot hide Himself from His pure devotees.
 
PURPORT
 
People who develop the nature of asuras like Ravana and Hiranyakasipu 
can never know Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, by challenging the 
authority of Godhead. But Sri Krsna cannot hide Himself from His pure 
devotees.
 
Adi 3.91
 
TEXT 91
 
TEXT
 
dvau bhuta-sargau loke 'smin
daiva asura eva ca
visnu-bhaktah smrto daiva
asuras tad-viparyayah
SYNONYMS
 
dvau -- two; bhuta -- of the living beings; sargau -- dispositions; loke 
-- in the world; asmin -- in this; daivah -- godly; asurah -- demoniac; 
eva -- certainly; ca -- and; visnu-bhaktah -- a devotee of Lord Visnu; 
smrtah -- remembered; daivah -- godly; asurah -- demoniac; tat-
viparyayah -- the opposite of that.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"There are two classes of men in the created world. One consists of the 
demoniac and the other of the godly. The devotees of Lord Visnu are the 
godly, whereas those who are just the opposite are called demons."
 
PURPORT
 
This is a verse from the Padma Purana. Visnu-bhaktas, or devotees in 
Krsna consciousness, are known as devas (demigods). Atheists, who do not 
believe in God or who declare themselves God, are asuras (demons). 
Asuras always engage in atheistic material activities, exploring ways to 
utilize the resources of matter to enjoy sense gratification. The visnu-
bhaktas, Krsna conscious devotees, are also active, but their objective 
is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotional service. 
Superficially both classes may appear to work in the same way, but their 
purposes are completely opposite because of a difference in 
consciousness. Asuras work for personal sense gratification, whereas 
devotees work for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. Both work 
conscientiously, but their motives are different.
 
The Krsna consciousness movement is meant for devas, or devotees. Demons 
cannot take part in Krsna conscious activities, nor can devotees in 
Krsna consciousness take part in demoniac activities or work like cats 
and dogs simply for sense gratification. Such activity does not appeal 
to those in Krsna consciousness. Devotees accept only the bare 
necessities of life to keep themselves fit to act in Krsna consciousness.
 The balance of their energy is used for developing Krsna consciousness, 
through which one can be transferred to the abode of Krsna by always 
thinking of Him, even at the point of death.
 
Adi 3.92
 
TEXT 92
 
TEXT
 
acarya gosani prabhura bhakta-avatara
krsna-avatara-hetu yanhara hunkara
SYNONYMS
 
acarya gosani -- Advaita Acarya Gosani; prabhura -- of the Lord; bhakta-
avatara -- incarnation of a devotee; krsna -- of Lord Krsna; avatara -- 
of the incarnation; hetu -- the cause; yanhara -- whose; hunkara -- loud 
calls.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Advaita Acarya Gosvami is an incarnation of the Lord as a devotee. His 
loud calling was the cause for Krsna's incarnation.
 
Adi 3.93
 
TEXT 93
 
TEXT
 
krsna yadi prthivite karena avatara
prathame karena guru-vargera sancara
SYNONYMS
 
krsna -- Lord Krsna; yadi -- if; prthivite -- on the earth; karena -- 
makes; avatara -- incarnation; prathame -- first; karena -- makes; guru-
vargera -- of the group of respectable predecessors; sancara -- the 
advent.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Whenever Sri Krsna desires to manifest His incarnation on earth, first 
He creates the incarnations of His respectable predecessors.
 
Adi 3.94
 
TEXT 94
 
TEXT
 
pita mata guru adi yata manya-gana
prathame karena sabara prthivite janama
SYNONYMS
 
pita -- father; mata -- mother; guru -- spiritual master; adi -- headed 
by; yata -- all; manya-gana -- respectable members; prathame -- first; 
karena -- He makes; sabara -- of all of them; prthivite -- on earth; 
janama -- the births.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus respectable personalities such as His father, mother and spiritual 
master all take birth on earth first.
 
Adi 3.95
 
TEXT 95
 
TEXT
 
madhava-isvara-puri, saci, jagannatha
advaita acarya prakata haila sei satha
SYNONYMS
 
madhava -- Madhavendra Puri; isvara-puri -- Isvara Puri; saci -- 
Sacimata; jagannatha -- Jagannatha Misra; advaita acarya -- Advaita 
Acarya; prakata -- manifested; haila -- were; sei -- this; satha -- with.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Madhavendra Puri, Isvara Puri, Srimati Sacimata and Srila Jagannatha 
Misra all appeared with Sri Advaita Acarya.
 
PURPORT
 
Whenever the Supreme Personality of Godhead descends in His human form, 
He sends ahead all His devotees, who act as His father, teacher and 
associates in many roles. Such personalities appear before the descent 
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Before the appearance of Lord Sri 
Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, there appeared His devotees like Sri 
Madhavendra Puri; His spiritual master, Sri Isvara Puri; His mother, 
Srimati Saci-devi; His father, Sri Jagannatha Misra; and Sri Advaita 
Acarya.
 
Adi 3.96
 
TEXT 96
 
TEXT
 
prakatiya dekhe acarya sakala samsara
krsna-bhakti gandha-hina visaya-vyavahara
SYNONYMS
 
prakatiya -- manifesting; dekhe -- He saw; acarya -- Advaita Acarya; 
sakala -- all; samsara -- material existence; krsna-bhakti -- of 
devotion to Lord Krsna; gandha-hina -- without a trace; visaya -- of the 
sense objects; vyavahara -- affairs.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Advaita Acarya having appeared, He found the world devoid of devotional 
service to Sri Krsna because people were engrossed in material affairs.
 
Adi 3.97
 
TEXT 97
 
TEXT
 
keha pape, keha punye kare visaya-bhoga
bhakti-gandha nahi, yate yaya bhava-roga
SYNONYMS
 
keha -- someone; pape -- in sinful activities; keha -- someone; punye -- 
in pious activities; kare -- do; visaya -- of the sense objects; bhoga --
 enjoyment; bhakti-gandha -- a trace of devotional service; nahi -- 
there is not; yate -- by which; yaya -- goes away; bhava-roga -- the 
disease of material existence.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Everyone was engaged in material enjoyment, whether sinfully or 
virtuously. No one was interested in the transcendental service of the 
Lord, which can give total relief from the repetition of birth and death.
 
PURPORT
 
Advaita Acarya saw the entire world to be engaged in activities of 
material piety and impiety, without a trace of devotional service, or 
Krsna consciousness, anywhere. The fact is that in this material world 
there is no scarcity of anything except Krsna consciousness. Material 
necessities are supplied by the mercy of the Supreme Lord. We sometimes 
feel scarcity because of our mismanagement, but the real problem is that 
people are out of touch with Krsna consciousness. Everyone is engaged in 
material sense gratification, but people have no plan for making an 
ultimate solution to their real problems, namely birth, disease, old age 
and death. These four material miseries are called bhava-roga, or 
material diseases. They can be cured only by Krsna consciousness. 
Therefore Krsna consciousness is the greatest benediction for human 
society.
 
Adi 3.98
 
TEXT 98
 
TEXT
 
loka-gati dekhi' acarya karuna-hrdaya
vicara karena, lokera kaiche hita haya
SYNONYMS
 
loka-gati -- the course of the world; dekhi'-seeing; acarya -- Advaita 
Acarya; karuna-hrdaya -- compassionate heart; vicara karena -- considers;
 lokera -- of the world; kaiche -- how; hita -- welfare; haya -- there 
is.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Seeing the activities of the world, the Acarya felt compassion and began 
to ponder how He could act for the people's benefit.
 
PURPORT
 
This sort of serious interest in the welfare of the public makes one a 
bona fide acarya. An acarya does not exploit his followers. Since the 
acarya is a confidential servitor of the Lord, his heart is always full 
of compassion for humanity in its suffering. He knows that all suffering 
is due to the absence of devotional service to the Lord, and therefore 
he always tries to find ways to change people's activities, making them 
favorable for the attainment of devotion. That is the qualification of 
an acarya. Although Sri Advaita Prabhu Himself was powerful enough to do 
the work, as a submissive servitor He thought that without the personal 
appearance of the Lord, no one could improve the fallen condition of 
society.
 
In the grim clutches of maya, the first-class prisoners of this material 
world wrongly think themselves happy because they are rich, powerful, 
resourceful and so on. These foolish creatures do not know that they are 
nothing but play dolls in the hands of material nature and that at any 
moment material nature's pitiless intrigues can crush to dust all their 
plans for godless activities. Such foolish prisoners cannot see that 
however they improve their position by artificial means, the calamities 
of repeated birth, death, disease and old age are always beyond the 
jurisdiction of their control. Foolish as they are, they neglect these 
major problems of life and busy themselves with false things that cannot 
help them solve their real problems. They know that they do not want to 
suffer death or the pangs of disease and old age, but under the 
influence of the illusory energy, they are grossly negligent and 
therefore do nothing to solve the problems. This is called maya. People 
held in the grip of maya are thrown into oblivion after death, and as a 
result of their karma, in the next life they become dogs or gods, 
although most of them become dogs. To become gods in the next life, they 
must engage in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead; otherwise, they are sure to become dogs or hogs in terms of the 
laws of nature.
 
The third-class prisoners, being less materially opulent than the first-
class prisoners, endeavor to imitate them, for they also have no 
information of the real nature of their imprisonment. Thus they also are 
misled by the illusory material nature. The function of the acarya, 
however, is to change the activities of both the first-class and third-
class prisoners for their real benefit. This endeavor makes him a very 
dear devotee of the Lord, who says clearly in the Bhagavad-gita that no 
one in human society is dearer to Him than a devotee who constantly 
engages in His service by finding ways to preach the message of Godhead 
for the real benefit of the world. The so-called acaryas of the Age of 
Kali are more concerned with exploiting the resources of their followers 
than mitigating their miseries; but Sri Advaita Prabhu, as an ideal 
acarya, was concerned with improving the condition of the world 
situation.
 
Adi 3.99
 
TEXT 99
 
TEXT
 
apani sri-krsna yadi karena avatara
apane acari' bhakti karena pracara
SYNONYMS
 
apani -- Himself; sri-krsna -- Lord Krsna; yadi -- if; karena -- He 
makes; avatara -- incarnation; apane -- Himself; acari' -- practicing; 
bhakti -- devotional service; karena -- does; pracara -- propagation.
 
TRANSLATION
 
[Advaita Acarya thought:] "If Sri Krsna were to appear as an incarnation,
 He Himself could preach devotion by His personal example.
 
Adi 3.100
 
TEXT 100
 
TEXT
 
nama vinu kali-kale dharma nahi ara
kali-kale kaiche habe krsna avatara
SYNONYMS
 
nama vinu -- except for the holy name; kali-kale -- in the Age of Kali; 
dharma -- religion; nahi -- there is not; ara -- another; kali-kale -- 
in the Age of Kali; kaiche -- how; habe -- there will be; krsna -- Lord 
Krsna; avatara -- incarnation.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"In this Age of Kali there is no religion other than the chanting of the 
holy name of the Lord, but how in this age will the Lord appear as an 
incarnation?
 
Adi 3.101
 
TEXT 101
 
TEXT
 
suddha-bhave kariba krsnera aradhana
nirantara sadainye kariba nivedana
SYNONYMS
 
suddha-bhave -- in a purified state of mind; kariba -- I shall do; 
krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; aradhana -- worship; nirantara -- constantly; 
sa-dainye -- in humility; kariba -- I shall make; nivedana -- request.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"I shall worship Krsna in a purified state of mind. I shall constantly 
petition Him in humbleness.
 
Adi 3.102
 
TEXT 102
 
TEXT
 
aniya krsnere karon kirtana sancara
tabe se ‘advaita' nama saphala amara
SYNONYMS
 
aniya -- bringing; krsnere -- Lord Krsna; karon -- I make; kirtana -- 
chanting of the holy name; sancara -- advent; tabe -- then; se -- this; 
advaita -- nondual; nama -- name; sa-phala -- fulfilled; amara -- My.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"My name, ‘Advaita,' will be fitting if I am able to induce Krsna to 
inaugurate the movement of the chanting of the holy name."
 
PURPORT
 
The nondualist Mayavadi philosopher who falsely believes that he is 
nondifferent from the Lord is unable to call Him like Advaita Prabhu. 
Advaita Prabhu is nondifferent from the Lord, yet in His relationship 
with the Lord He does not merge with Him but eternally renders service 
unto Him as a plenary portion. This is inconceivable for Mayavadis 
because they think in terms of mundane sense perception and therefore 
think that nondualism necessitates losing one's separate identity. It is 
clear from this verse, however, that Advaita Prabhu, although retaining 
His separate identity, is nondifferent from the Lord.
 
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu preached the philosophy of inconceivable, 
simultaneous oneness with the Lord and difference from Him. Conceivable 
dualism and monism are conceptions of the imperfect senses, which are 
unable to reach the Transcendence because the Transcendence is beyond 
the conception of limited potency. The actions of Sri Advaita Prabhu, 
however, give tangible proof of inconceivable nondualism. One who 
therefore surrenders unto Sri Advaita Prabhu can easily follow the 
philosophy of inconceivable simultaneous dualism and monism.
 
Adi 3.103
 
TEXT 103
 
TEXT
 
krsna vasa karibena kon aradhane
vicarite eka sloka aila tanra mane
SYNONYMS
 
krsna -- Lord Krsna; vasa karibena -- shall propitiate; kon aradhane -- 
by what worship; vicarite -- while considering; eka -- one; sloka -- 
verse; aila -- came; tanra -- of Him; mane -- in the mind.
 
TRANSLATION
 
While He was thinking about how to propitiate Krsna by worship, the 
following verse came to His mind.
 
Adi 3.104
 
TEXT 104
 
TEXT
 
tulasi-dala-matrena
jalasya culukena va
vikrinite svam atmanam
bhaktebhyo bhakta-vatsalah
SYNONYMS
 
tulasi -- of tulasi; dala -- a leaf; matrena -- by only; jalasya -- of 
water; culukena -- by a palmful; va -- and; vikrinite -- sells; svam -- 
His own; atmanam -- self; bhaktebhyah -- unto the devotees; bhakta-
vatsalah -- Lord Krsna, who is affectionate to His devotees.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Sri Krsna, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself 
to a devotee who offers Him merely a tulasi leaf and a palmful of water."
 
PURPORT
 
This is a verse from the Gautamiya-tantra.
 
Adi 3.105–106
 
TEXTS 105–106
 
TEXT
 
ei slokartha acarya karena vicarana
krsnake tulasi-jala deya yei jana
tara rna sodhite krsna karena cintana -- 
‘jala-tulasira sama kichu ghare nahi dhana'
SYNONYMS
 
ei -- this; sloka -- of the verse; artha -- the meaning; acarya -- 
Advaita Acarya; karena -- does; vicarana -- considering; krsnake -- to 
Lord Krsna; tulasi-jala -- tulasi and water; deya -- gives; yei jana -- 
that person who; tara -- to Him; rna -- the debt; sodhite -- to pay; 
krsna -- Lord Krsna; karena -- does; cintana -- thinking; jala-tulasira 
sama -- equal to water and tulasi; kichu -- any; ghare -- in the house; 
nahi -- there is not; dhana -- wealth.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Advaita Acarya considered the meaning of the verse in this way: "Not 
finding any way to repay the debt He owes to one who offers Him a tulasi 
leaf and water, Lord Krsna thinks, ‘There is no wealth in My possession 
that is equal to a tulasi leaf and water.'
 
Adi 3.107
 
TEXT 107
 
TEXT
 
tabe atma veci' kare rnera sodhana
eta bhavi' acarya karena aradhana
SYNONYMS
 
tabe -- then; atma -- Himself; veci' -- selling; kare -- does; rnera -- 
of the debt; sodhana -- payment; eta -- thus; bhavi' -- thinking; acarya 
-- Advaita Acarya; karena -- does; aradhana -- worshiping.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Thus the Lord liquidates the debt by offering Himself to the devotee." 
Considering in this way, the Acarya began worshiping the Lord.
 
PURPORT
 
Through devotional service one can easily please Lord Krsna with a leaf 
of the tulasi plant and a little water. As the Lord says in the Bhagavad-
gita (9.26), a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some water (patram puspam 
phalam toyam), when offered with devotion, very much pleases Him. He 
universally accepts the services of His devotees. Even the poorest of 
devotees in any part of the world can secure a small flower, fruit or 
leaf and a little water, and if these offerings, and especially tulasi 
leaves and Ganges water, are offered to Krsna with devotion, He is very 
satisfied. It is said that Krsna is so much pleased by such devotional 
service that He offers Himself to His devotee in exchange for it. Srila 
Advaita Acarya knew this fact, and therefore He decided to call for the 
Personality of Godhead Krsna to descend by worshiping the Lord with 
tulasi leaves and the water of the Ganges.
 
Adi 3.108
 
TEXT 108
 
TEXT
 
ganga-jala, tulasi-manjari anuksana
krsna-pada-padma bhavi' kare samarpana
SYNONYMS
 
ganga-jala -- the water of the Ganges; tulasi-manjari -- buds of the 
tulasi plant; anuksana -- constantly; krsna -- of Lord Krsna; pada-padma 
-- lotus feet; bhavi' -- thinking of; kare -- does; samarpana -- 
offering.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thinking of the lotus feet of Sri Krsna, He constantly offered tulasi 
buds in water from the Ganges.
 
Adi 3.109
 
TEXT 109
 
TEXT
 
krsnera ahvana kare kariya hunkara
e-mate krsnere karaila avatara
SYNONYMS
 
krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; ahvana -- invitation; kare -- makes; kariya -- 
making; hunkara -- loud shouts; e-mate -- in this way; krsnere -- Lord 
Krsna; karaila -- caused to make; avatara -- incarnation.
 
TRANSLATION
 
He appealed to Sri Krsna with loud calls and thus made it possible for 
Krsna to appear.
 
Adi 3.110
 
TEXT 110
 
TEXT
 
caitanyera avatare ei mukhya hetu
bhaktera icchaya avatare dharma-setu
SYNONYMS
 
caitanyera -- of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; avatare -- in the incarnation;
 ei -- this; mukhya -- principal; hetu -- cause; bhaktera -- of the 
devotee; icchaya -- by the desire; avatare -- He descends; dharma-setu --
 protector of religion.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Therefore the principal reason for Sri Caitanya's descent is this appeal 
by Advaita Acarya. The Lord, the protector of religion, appears by the 
desire of His devotee.
 
Adi 3.111
 
TEXT 111
 
TEXT
 
tvam bhakti-yoga-paribhavita-hrt-saroja
asse sruteksita-patho nanu natha pumsam
yad yad dhiya ta urugaya vibhavayanti
tat tad vapuh pranayase sad-anugrahaya
SYNONYMS
 
tvam -- You; bhakti-yoga -- by devotional service; paribhavita -- 
saturated; hrt -- of the heart; saroje -- on the lotus; asse -- dwell; 
sruta -- heard; iksita -- seen; pathah -- whose path; nanu -- certainly; 
natha -- O Lord; pumsam -- by the devotees; yat yat -- whatever; dhiya --
 by the mind; te -- they; uru-gaya -- O Lord, who are glorified in 
excellent ways; vibhavayanti -- contemplate upon; tat tat -- that; vapuh 
-- form; pranayase -- You manifest; sat -- to Your devotees; anugrahaya -
- to show favor.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"O my Lord, You always dwell in the vision and hearing of Your pure 
devotees. You also live in their lotuslike hearts, which are purified by 
devotional service. O my Lord, who are glorified by exalted prayers, You 
show special favor to Your devotees by manifesting Yourself in the 
eternal forms in which they welcome You."
 
PURPORT
 
This text from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.9.11) is a prayer by Lord Brahma to 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna for His blessings in the work 
of creation. Knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be 
understood from the descriptions of the Vedic scriptures. For example, 
the Brahma-samhita (5.29) describes that in the abode of Lord Krsna, 
which is made of cintamani (touchstone), the Lord, acting as a cowherd 
boy, is served by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune. 
Mayavadis think that the devotees have imagined the form of Krsna, but 
the authentic Vedic scriptures have actually described Krsna and His 
various transcendental forms.
 
The word sruta in sruteksita-pathah refers to the Vedas, and iksita 
indicates that the way to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead 
is by proper study of the Vedic scriptures. One cannot imagine something 
about God or His form. Such imagination is not accepted by those who are 
serious about enlightenment. Here Brahma says that one can know Krsna 
through the path of properly understanding the Vedic texts. If by 
studying the form, name, qualities, pastimes and paraphernalia of the 
Supreme Godhead one is attracted to the Lord, he can execute devotional 
service, and the form of the Lord will be impressed in his heart and 
remain transcendentally situated there. Unless a devotee actually 
develops transcendental love for the Lord, it is not possible for him to 
think always of the Lord within his heart. Such constant thought of the 
Lord is the sublime perfection of the yogic process, as the Bhagavad-
gita confirms in the Sixth Chapter (47), stating that anyone absorbed in 
such thought is the best of all yogis. Such transcendental absorption is 
known as samadhi. A pure devotee who is always thinking of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead is the person qualified to see the Lord.
 
One cannot speak of Urugaya (the Lord, who is glorified by sublime 
prayers) unless one is transcendentally elevated. The Lord has 
innumerable forms, as the Brahma-samhita confirms (advaitam acyutam 
anadim ananta-rupam [Bs. 5.33]). The Lord expands Himself in innumerable 
svamsa forms. When a devotee, hearing about these innumerable forms, 
becomes attached to one and always thinks of Him, the Lord appears to 
him in that form. Lord Krsna is especially pleasing to such devotees, in 
whose hearts He is always present because of their highly elevated 
transcendental love.
 
Adi 3.112
 
TEXT 112
 
TEXT
 
ei slokera artha kahi sanksepera sara
bhaktera icchaya krsnera sarva avatara
SYNONYMS
 
ei -- this; slokera -- of the verse; artha -- the meaning; kahi -- I 
relate; sanksepera -- of conciseness; sara -- the pith; bhaktera -- of 
the devotee; icchaya -- by the desire; krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; sarva --
 all; avatara -- incarnations.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The essence of the meaning of this verse is that Lord Krsna appears in 
all His innumerable eternal forms because of the desires of His pure 
devotees.
 
Adi 3.113
 
TEXT 113
 
TEXT
 
caturtha slokera artha haila suniscite
avatirna haila gaura prema prakasite
SYNONYMS
 
caturtha -- fourth; slokera -- of the verse; artha -- the meaning; haila 
-- was; su-niscite -- very surely; avatirna haila -- incarnated; gaura --
 Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; prema -- love of God; prakasite -- to 
manifest.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus I have surely determined the meaning of the fourth verse. Lord 
Gauranga [Lord Caitanya] appeared as an incarnation to preach unalloyed 
love of God.
 
Adi 3.114
 
TEXT 114
 
TEXT
 
sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
SYNONYMS
 
sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha -- Srila Raghunatha dasa 
Gosvami; pade -- at the lotus feet of; yara -- whose; asa -- expectation;
 Caitanya-caritamrta -- the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe -- 
describes; krsna-dasa -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always 
desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, 
following in their footsteps.
 
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila,
 Third Chapter, describing the external reasons for the appearance of 
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 