Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4
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SYNONYMS
maṅgala-ācaraṇam —invoking auspiciousness;  kṛṣṇa-caitanya —of Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  tattva-lakṣaṇam —symptoms of the truth;  prayojanam —necessity;  ca —also;  avatāre —in the matter of His incarnation;  śloka —verses;  ṣaṭkaiḥ —by six;  nirūpitam —ascertained.
TRANSLATION
Thus the auspicious invocation, the essential nature of the truth of Lord Caitanya, and the need for His appearance have been set forth in six verses.
TEXT 277
শ্রীরূপ-রঘুনাথ-পদে যার আশ ।
চৈতন্যচরিতামূত কহে কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ২৭৭ ॥
śrī-rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇadāsa
SYNONYMS
śrī-rūpa—Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī;  raghunātha —Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī;  pade —at the lotus feet;  yāra —whose;  āśa —expectation;  caitanya-caritāmṛta —the book named  Caitanya-caritāmṛta ;  kahe —describes;  kṛṣṇa-dāsa —Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.
TRANSLATION
Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.
Thus end the  Bhaktivedanta  purports to the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta,  Ādi-līlā , Fourth Chapter, describing the confidential reasons for the appearance of Lord Caitanya.