The Golden Volcano of Divine Love - Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

42 THE GOLDEN VOLCANOguardian, so that He may not lose His prestige by givingup sannyÅsa, attracted by the fascination of worldlypleasures.”GopÈnÅtha could not tolerate all this guardianlikeadvice. He told SÅrvabhauma, “This youngman, who is very beautiful, charming, and scholarly,has attracted your attention, and you want tobecome His guardian to keep up the purity of Hislife. Do you think you will have to help Him? Whatdo you mean by saying all these things? Don’t youknow that He is really the incarnation of Godheadfor this age? He is the avatÅra for Kali-yuga; Heinaugurated the yuga-dharma of nÅma-sa⁄kÈrtana inNavadwÈpa, and His appearance is mentioned in thescriptures.” SÅrvabhauma replied, “No, no! You arenot talking to an ordinary person. Don’t think thatyou can say whatever you like and I will accept it. Iam a hard nut to crack. What are you saying? Thereis no kali-yuga-avatÅra. One of the names of Vi›ˆumentioned in the Vi›ˆu-sahasra-nÅma in theMahÅbhÅrata is Triyuga, ‘The Lord who appears onlyin three ages.’ That means that the Lord has noincarnation in Kali-yuga except Kalki, who is a pastimeincarnation and not the yugÅvatÅra, the incarnationfor the age.” GopÈnÅtha replied, “You thinkyourself so learned, but although you have studiedall the scriptures, and are so proud of your learning,the MahÅbhÅrata and ßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam are the