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Mahaprabhu's
Mission established from the various Vedic Literatures:
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In the Vamana-Purana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead declares:
kali-ghora-tamas-channat
sarvan acara varjitan
sachigarbhe ca sambhuya
tarayisyami narada
O Narada Muni, I will take
birth in the womb of Sachi [sachi-garbhe ca sambhuya]. I
shall save the people, who will give up all proper good conduct
[sarvan acara varyitan], from the terrible darkness of the
age of Kali-Yuga [kali-ghora-tamas-channan].
** Sri Chaitanya-Upanisad.
text 9:
sva-nama mula-mantrena
sarvam hladayati vibhuh
The Supreme powerful [vibhuh]
Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya appears in His golden form, and He
will fill the universe with bliss [hladayati] by the
chanting of His own holy names [sva-nama-mula-mantrena].
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In the Garuda-Purana, the Supreme Person says:
kalina dakyamananam
paritranaya tanu-bhrtam
janma prathama sandhyayam
karisyami dvijatisu
In the first part [prathama
sandhya] of the age of Kali, I will come among the brahmanas
[karisyami dvijatisu] to save the fallen souls, [paritranaya
tanu-bhrtam] who are being burned by the troubles of the age
of Kali [kalina dahyamananam].
** In the Narada-Purana, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead says:
aham eva kalau vipra
nityam prachanna-vigrahah
bhavavad-bhakta-rupena
lokan raksami sarvada
O Vipra, in the age of
Kali, I will come disguised [nityam prachanna vigraha]
as a devotee [bhagavad-bhakta-rupena] and I will save
all the worlds [lokan raksami sarvada].
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead states in the Narada-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 [bhuvi jayadhvam jayadhvam]
in the age of Kali-Yuga. I will incarnate as the son of Sachi [bhavisyami
sachi-sutah] to inaugurate the congregational chanting of
the name of Krishna [kalau sankirtana arambhe].
** In the Markandeya-Purana, the Supreme of Godhead declares:
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."
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