r Caitanya Mahprabhu

Scriptural References of Lord Caitanya Mahprabhus Advent

Mission of Incarnation
yad yad hi dharmasya glnir bhavati bhrata abhyutthnam adharmasya tadtmna sjmy aham

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. [BG 4.7]
paritrya sdhn vinya ca duktm dharma-sasthpanrthya sambhavmi yuge yuge

To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. [BG 4.8] In every incarnation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has a particular mission to execute. a. c. To deliver the Pious To establish the principles of religion

b. To annihilate the Miscreants

The whole purpose of the mission of incarnations is to arouse Ka consciousness everywhere.

Incarnations are Predicted in Scriptures

Each and every avatra, or incarnation of the Lord, has a particular mission, and they are all described in the revealed scriptures. Prediction of Buddha:
tata kalau sampravtte sammohya sura-dvim buddho nmnjana-suta kkaeu bhaviyati

Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Ajan, in the province of Gay, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist. [SB 1.3.24]

Prediction of Kalki:
athsau yuga-sandhyy dasyu-pryeu rjasu janit viu-yaaso nmn kalkir jagat-pati

Thereafter, at the conjunction of two yugas, the Lord of the creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the son of Viu Ya. At this time the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers. [SB 1.3.25] In order to guard against the invention of unauthorized incarnations of God by the fanciful, less intelligent persons, the name of the father of the bona fide incarnation is also mentioned in the authorized revealed scriptures. No one, therefore, can be accepted as an incarnation of the Lord if his father's name, as well as the name of the village or place in which he appears, is not mentioned by the authorized scriptures. A sane man, therefore, does not accept any cheap edition of an incarnation without reference to the authorized scriptures. The incarnations of God are known in terms of the authentic stras and not on the popular votes as it is the practice amongst the foolish fanatics.

Ascertaining the Incarnation

An incarnation does not declare Himself to be an incarnation of the Lord, but great sages agree by the symptoms mentioned in the revealed scriptures. The great sages understand the object by two symptoms. a. Personal Characteristics (svarpa-lakaa) i.e. bodily features, nature and form

b. Marginal Characteristics (taastha-lakaa) i.e. knowledge of His activities All the incarnations of Ka should be understood in this way. Lord r Caitanya Mahprabhu, who appears in Kali-yuga, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He never asserted Himself as such. On the contrary, whenever r Caitanya Mahprabhu was addressed as being as good as Ka,

He blocked His ears with His hands, denying His identity with Ka, because He was playing the part of a devotee. By the evidence of stra, Santana Gosvm detected Lord Caitanya Mahprabhu to be a direct incarnation of Ka, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although Lord Caitanya never disclosed the fact. It was not ordinary men who accepted r Caitanya Mahprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the beginning His identity was ascertained by learned scholars like Nlmbara Cakravart, and later all His activities were confirmed by the six Gosvms, especially rla Jva Gosvm and rla Rpa Gosvm, and many other learned scholars, with evidence from the stra.

Advent of Lord Caitanya Mahprabhu

Lord Caitanya is the Absolute Truth, Ka Himself. This is substantiated by evidence from the authentic spiritual scriptures. rmad-Bhgavatam predicts the advent of Lord Caitanya Mahprabhu as follows:
ka-vara tvika sgopgstra-pradam yajai sakrtana-pryair yajanti hi su-medhasa

In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Ka. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Ka Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions. [SB 11.5.32] The sage Vaiampyana (Vysa-deva) included His name in the Viu-sahasranma.
suvara-varo hemgo varga candangad sannysa-kc chama nto nih-nti-paryaa

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 sannysa order,

and He is equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest abode of peace and devotion, for He silences the impersonalist nondevotees.

Factual Identity is Hidden in Kali Yuga

In the Seventh Canto of rmad-Bhgavatam Prahlda Mahrja says:
channa kalau yad abhavas tri-yugo 'tha sa tvam

In the age of Kali, however, You do not assert Yourself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore You are known as Triyuga, or the Lord who appears in three yugas. [SB 7.9.38]
aham eva dvija-srestho nityam pracchanna-vigrahah bhagavad-bhakta-rupena lokam raksami sarvada

I shall advent in the form of a Brahmana devotee and I shall hide my factual identity. I shall deliver all the worlds. [Narada Purana]

Reference from Vedas

saptame gaura-varna-visnor ity aena sva-saktya caikyam etya pratar avatirya saha svaih sva-manum siksayati

In the seventh manvantara, in the beginning of the Kali-Yuga, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will, accompanied by His own associates, descend in a golden form to the earth. He will teach the chanting of His own names. [Atharva Veda - Purusa-Bodini-Upanisad] Further, in Atharva Veda the Lord says:
itotham krta sannyaso'vatarisyami sa-guno nirvedo niskamo bhu-girvanas tira-atho' lakanandayah kalau catuh-sahasrabdhopari panca-sahasrabhyantare gaura-varno dirghangah sarva-laksana-yukta isvara prarthito nija-rasasvado bhakta-rupo misrakhyo vidita-yogah syam

I will descend on the earth after the passage of four thousand years in the KaliAge, and before the passage of five thousand years.

I will come on the earth on the bank of the Ganges. I will be a tall and saintly Brahmana devotee. I will have all the auspicious symptoms of an exalted person. I will exhibit renunciation. I will have all auspicious signs. I will be a devotee, practicing bhakti yoga. I will taste the rasa of My own devotional service. In Sama Veda we get the following reference:
tathaham krta sannyaso bhu-girvano 'vatarisye tire'lakanandayah punah punah isvara-prarthitah saparivaro niralambo nirdhuteh kali-kalmasa-kavalitajanavalambanaya

I shall come to the earth, accompanied by My associates, in a place by the bank of the Ganges. I will advent to save the people who are afflicted and devoured by the sins of the age of Kali. I will manifest as an Avadhut Brahman Sannyasi.

Predictions from Vayu Purana

paurnamasyam phalgunasya phalguni-rksa-yogatah bhavisye gaura-rupena sachi-garbhe purandarat

I shall advent in the month of Phalguna, when the star Phalguni is conjoined with the full moon. I shall incarnate in a golden complexion in the womb of Sachi and Purandara Misra. [Vayu Purana]
svarnadi-tiram asthaya navadvipe janasraye tatra dvija-kulam prapto bhavisyami janalaye

I will be born in the city of Navadvipa, on the Ganges's shore, in a Brahmana's family. [Vayu Purana]
bhakti-yoga-pradanaya lokasyanugrahaya ca sannyas-rupam asthaya krishna-chaitanya-nama-dhrk

I shall take the renounced order of life [sannyasa] and show kindness to the people in general and engage them in Bhakti. I will be known as Sri Krishna Chaitanya. [Vayu Purana]

tena lokasya nistaras tat kurudhvam mamajnaya dharitri bhavita cabhir mayaiva dvija-dehina

All of you should follow My order and deliver the people of the world. I shall appear as a Brahmana. I shall make this earth fearless. [Vayu Purana]

Time and Place of Incarnation

kalina dahyamanam uddhararaya tanu-bhrtam janma prathama sandhyayam bhavisyati dvijalaye

The Supreme Person will appear in the first part of the age of Kali. He will appear in the home of a Brahmana, to save the embodied conditioned souls burning in the troubles of Kali-Yuga. [Kurma Purana]
aham purno bhavisyami yuga-sandhyau visesatah mayapure navadvipe bhavisyami sachi sutah

I will take birth as the son of Sachi, in Navadvipa - Mayapur. I will come in my complete spiritual form in the first part of Kali- Yuga. [Garuda Purana]
kaleh prathama-sandhyayam gaurangotham mahi-tale bhagirathi-tate ramie bhavisyami sachi-sutah

I shall appear on this earth in the first part of Kali-Yuga in a beautiful place on the bank of the Bhagirathi. I shall have a golden form, and I shall take birth as the son of Sachi. [Padma Purana]

Different colors in different ages

san vars trayo hy asya ghato 'nuyuga tan uklo raktas tath pta idn kat gata

Ka appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past, He assumed three different colors white, red and yellow and now He has appeared in a blackish color. [SB 10.8.13] In Caitanya-caritmta it is mentioned:
ukla, rakta, pta-vara ei tina dyuti satya-tret-kali-kle dharena r-pati

idn dvpare tiho hail ka-vara ei saba strgama-purera marma

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, Tret and Kali respectively. Now, in the Dvpara-yuga, the Lord had descended in a blackish hue. This is the essence of the statements in the Puras and other Vedic literatures with reference to the context. [CC di 3.37-38]
satye daitya-kuladhi-nasa-samaye simhordhva-martyakrtis tretayam das-kandharam paribhavan rameti namakrtih gopalan paripalayan vraja-pure bharam haran dvapare gaurangah priya-kirtanah kali-yuge chaitanya-nama prabhuh

The Supreme Personality of Godhead who in the Satya-Yuga appeared as a halfman, half-lion to cure a terrible disease that had ravaged the daityas, and who in the Treta- Yuga appeared as a person named Rama, the person who defeated the ten-headed Demon Ravana and who in the Dvapara-Yuga removed the earth's burden, and protected the Gopa people of Vraja-pura, will appear again in the Kali-Yuga. His form will be golden, He will delight in chanting the Lord's holy names, and His name will be Chaitanya. [Nrsimha-Purana]
prasantatma lamba-kanthas gaurangas ca suravrtah

The Supreme Personality of Godhead will come in a golden form, full of peace, and a beautiful long neck. He will be surrounded by many saintly devotees. [Agni Purana]
golokam ca parityajya lokanam trana-karanat kalau gauranga-rupena lila-lavanya-vigrahah

In the Kali-Yuga, I will leave Goloka and, to save the people of the world. I will become the handsome and playful Lord Gauranga. [Markandeya Purana]

Prediction of His Activities

kalina dahyamananam paritranaya tanu-bhrtam janma prathama sandhyayam karisyami dvijatisu

In the first part of the age of Kali, I will come among the brahmanas to save the fallen souls, who are being burned by the troubles of the age of Kali. [Garuda Purana]
kaleh prathama sandhyayam lakshmi- kanto bhavisyati daru-brahma-samipa-sthah sannyasi gaura-vigrahah

In the first part of Kali-Yuga, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will come in a gold-like form. First He will become the husband of Lakshmi. Then He will become a sannyasi, near Lord Jagannatha who will appear in a divine wooden form. [Garuda Purana]
divija bhuvi jayadhvam jayadhvam bhakta rupinah kalau sankirtana arambhe bhavisyami sachi-sutah

O Divija (demigods), please come and advent as devotees on this earth in the age of Kali-Yuga. I will incarnate as the son of Saci to inaugurate the congregational chanting of the name of Krishna. [Narada Purana]
anandasru-kala-roma harsa-purnam tapo-dhana sarve mama eva draksyanti kalau sannyasa-rupinam

O austere sage, you should know that in the age of Kali, everyone will see my transcendental form as a sannyasi. I will be exhibiting symptoms of ecstasy like shedding tears of bliss and hairs standing in ecstasy. [Bhavisya Purana]

Prayers from rmad-Bhgavatam

There are two verses particularly suitable to offer as prayers to this Mahpurua feature of Lord Ka.
dhyeya sad paribhava-ghnam abha-doha trthspada iva-virici-nuta arayam bhtyrti-ha praata-pla bhavbdhi-pota vande mah-purua te cararavindam

My dear Lord, You are the Mah-purua, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and I worship Your lotus feet, which are the only eternal object of meditation. Those feet destroy the embarrassing conditions of material life and freely award the greatest desire of the soul, the attainment of pure love of Godhead. My dear

Lord, Your lotus feet are the shelter of all holy places and of all saintly authorities in the line of devotional service and are honored by powerful demigods like Lord iva and Lord Brahm. My Lord, You are so kind that You willingly protect all those who simply bow down to You with respect, and thus You mercifully relieve all the distress of Your servants. In conclusion, my Lord, Your lotus feet are actually the suitable boat for crossing over the ocean of birth and death, and therefore even Lord Brahm and Lord iva seek shelter at Your lotus feet. (SB 11.5.33)
tyaktv su-dustyaja-surepsita-rjya-lakm dharmiha rya-vacas yad agd arayam my-mga dayitayepsitam anvadhvad vande mah-purua te cararavindam

O Mah-purua, I worship Your lotus feet. You gave up the association of the goddess of fortune and all her opulence, which is most difficult to renounce and is hankered after by even the great demigods. Being the most faithful follower of the path of religion, You thus left for the forest in obedience to a brhmaa's curse. Out of sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned souls, who are always in pursuit of the false enjoyment of illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching out Your own desired object, Lord ymasundara. (SB 11.5.34)