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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 3.29",
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  "label":"Text 29",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 3.29",
  "description":"Thinking thus, the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, descended at Nadia early in the Age of Kali."

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Cc. Ādi 3.29

Text

eta bhāvi' kali-kāle prathama sandhyāya
avatīrṇa hailā kṛṣṇa āpani nadīyāya

Synonyms

eta—thus; bhāvi'—thinking; kali-kāle—in the Age of Kali; prathama—first; sandhyāya—in the junction; avatīrṇahailā—descended; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; āpani—Himself; nadīyāya—in Nadia.

Translation

Thinking thus, the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, descended at Nadia early in the Age of Kali.

Purport

The prathama-sandhyā 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-sandhyā. The prathama-sandhyā and śeṣa-sandhyā, the last division of the preceding age, form the junction of the two ages. According to the Sūrya-siddhānta, the prathama-sandhyā of Kali-yuga lasts 36,000 solar years. Lord Caitanya appeared in the prathama-sandhyā after 4,586 solar years of Kali-yuga had passed.