Text 35] The Residents of Jambadvipa Offer Prayers 213

sacrifices; kratave—and animal sacrifice; mahda-dhvara—great
sacrifices; avayavaya—whose limbs and bodily parts; maha-
purusaya—unto the Supreme Person; namah—respectful obeisances;
karma-suklaya—who purifies the fruitive activities of the living en-
tities; tri-yugaya—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is
full with six opulences and who appears in three yugas (remaining con-
cealed in the fourth yuga): namah—my respectful obeisances; te—unto
You.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You as the
gigantic person. Simply by chanting mantras, we shall be able to
understand You fully. You are yajfia [sacrifice], and You are the
kratu [ritual]. Therefore all the ritualistic ceremonies of sacrifice
are part of Your transcendental body, and You are the only enjoyer
of all sacrifices. Your form is composed of transcendental good-
ness. You are known as tri-yuga because in Kali-yuga You appeared
as a concealed incarnation and because You always fully possess the
three pairs of opulences.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the incarnation for this age of Kali. as
confirmed in many places throughout the Purdnas, the Mahabharata,
Srimad- -Bhagavatam and the Upanisads. The summary of His ap-
pearance is given in Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 6.99) as follows:

kali-yuge lilavatara na kare bhagavan
ataeva ‘tri-yuga’ kari’ kahi tara nama

In this age of Kali, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Bhagavan) does
not appear as a lilévatara, an incarnation to display pastimes. Therefore
He is known as tri-yuga. Unlike other incarnations, Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu appears in this age of Kali as a devotee of the Lord.
Therefore He is called a concealed incarnation (channdvatara).
