philo question about Kali Yuga

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> Lord Caitanya personally came, when Advaita Acarya called out, by

> worshipping the Supreme Lord with Tulasi leaves and Ganges water to

> establish the Yuga Dharma, just to please His devotee Advaita Prabhu.

 

Caitanya Caritamrta, Antya-lila, 3.224-226:

 

krsne avatarite advaita pratijna karila

jala-tulasi diya puja karite lagila

haridasa kare gonphaya nama-sankirtana

krsna avatirna ha-ibena,——ei tanra mana

dui-janera bhaktye caitanya kaila avatara

nama-prema pracari’ kaila jagat uddhara

 

"Determined to deliver all the fallen souls, Advaita Acarya decided to cause

Krsna to descend. With this vow, He began to offer Ganges water and tulasi

leaves to worship the Lord.

 

Similarly, Haridasa Thakura chanted in his cave on the bank of the Ganges

with the intention of causing Krsna's descent.

 

Because of the devotional service of these two persons, Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu descended as an incarnation. Thus He preached the holy name of

the Lord and ecstatic love of Krsna to deliver the entire world."

 

 

As prabhuji mentioned, "This is simply out of His love for His devotees." It

is an important point that He did this out of His love for His devotees, in

contrast to doing it as a matter of duty. Caitanya Caritamrta (Adi-lila

36-38) explains how the Lord's establishing Yuga Dharma was an incidental

necessity.

 

ei vancha yaiche krsna-prakatya-karana

asura-samhara——anusanga prayojana

ei mata caitanya-krsna purna bhagavan

yuga-dharma-pravartana nahe tanra kama

kona karane yabe haila avatare mana

yuga-dharma-kala haila se kale milana

 

"Just as these desires are the fundamental reason for Krsna's appearance

whereas destroying the demons is only an incidental necessity, so for Sri

Krsna Caitanya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, promulgating the dharma

of the age is incidental. When the Lord desired to appear for another

reason, the time for promulgating the religion of the age also arose."

 

Note "yuga-dharma-pravartana nahe tanra kama".

 

yuga-dharma—the religion of the age; pravartana—initiating; nahe—is not;

tanra—of Him; kama—the desire.