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01-10-2008, 01:37 PM
In this age of Kali yuga, Kalki avatar does not come.
Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, has said that "because Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came in this particular Kali Yuga, this Kali Yuga is called Dhanya Kali, blessed Kali." Although in other Kali Yugas Kalki does come, in this one He doesn't. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p>
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Srila Prabhupada sings "Sri Dasavatar- Stotram" by Sri Jayadeva Goswami, “Kesava! dhrta-Kalki-sarira jaya jadadisa hare." Then, in his purport to the song, Srila Prabhupada explains that at the end of the Kali Yuga there will be no preaching because people will be too degraded and sinful to understand Krishna Conscious philosophy. So Kalki comes, not to preach, but to kill all the sinners and usher in the next Satya Yuga. However that is in a Kali yuga where Lord Caitanya does not appear. <o:p></o:p>
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In studying one of our Gaudiya Vaisnava songs, Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai, by Srila Locan dasa Thakura, it read, "dhanya kali-yugera caitanya-avatar," that is, Sri Caitanya-Avatara is the good fortune (dhanya) of this Kali Yuga (He does not come in every Kali Yuga. He comes as the Yuga Avatara of Kali Yuga only once in a day of Lord Brahma, that is, once every 2,000 Kali Yugas.) <o:p></o:p>
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In Madhya Lila chapter six in the discussions between Sarvabauma Battacarya and Gopinatha Acarya, Srila Prabhupada quotes Gopinatha Acharya, "In this age of Kali there is no Lila avatar of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore He is triyuga.<o:p></o:p>
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That is one of His holy names." In the purport, Kalki is mentioned as the last of the twenty-five Lila Avatars. At the end of the purport, Prabhupada writes: "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is not mentioned as a Lila avatar because he is an incarnation in disguise (channa avatar).<o:p></o:p>
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In this age of Kali there are no Lila avatars, but there is an incarnation of the Lord manifested in the body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This has been explained in Srimad Bhagavatam."<o:p></o:p>
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If one turns to the first canto chapter three of the Srimad Bhagavatams, Srila Prabhupada has written that Kalki will come after 427,000 years. Actually Kalki (and all other incarnations) come in the body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This is confirmed in Caitanya Caritamrta (Adi Lila 4.5-16). These verses explain how, just as all incarnations come in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Krishna</st1:place>’s body when he descends, so Lord Caitanya, is also Krishna Himself, and the same applies to Him "When the complete Supreme Personality of Godhead descends, all other incarnations meet together within Him."<o:p></o:p>
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Ultimately Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who came to give what no other incarnation or acharya gave for a long time. The last time Lord Caitanya came was in the previous day of Brahma.
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