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śrī-rādhāyāḥ praṇaya-mahimā kīdṛśo vānayaivā

śrī-rādhāyāḥ praṇaya-mahimā kīdṛśo vānayaivā-
svādyo yenādbhuta-madhurimā kīdṛśo vā madīyaḥ |
saukhyañ cāsyā mad-anubhavataḥ kīdṛśaṁ veti lobhāt
tad-bhāvāḍhyaḥ samajani śacī-garbha-sindhau harīnduḥ ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.6)

“‘What is the greatness of Śrī Rādhā’s love? What sort of astonishing sweetness of mine is relishable only by her through that [love]? And what sort of happiness does she feel as a result of experiencing me?’ Out of such intense desire [i.e., intensely desiring to experience these three mysteries], the moon Hari, endowed with her bhāva, arose from the ocean of Śacī’s womb.”

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yo’jñāna-mattaṁ bhuvanaṁ dayālur

yo’jñāna-mattaṁ bhuvanaṁ kṛpālur
ullāghayann apy akarot pramattam |
sva-prema-sampat-sudhayādbhutehaṁ
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyam amuṁ prapadye ||
(Govinda-līlāmṛta: 1.2; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.19.54)

“I take shelter in him,
The gracious Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya,
Astonishing in his activities,
Who cured the world
Maddened by ignorance,
And drove it thoroughly mad,
With the nectar of the wealth
[alt., the vṛddhi-tonic]
Of prema for himself.”

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śrī-kali-yuga-pāvana

śrī-kali-yuga-pāvana-sva-bhajana-vibhājana-prayojanāvatāra-śrī-śrī-bhagavat-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-deva … |
(Bhāgavata Sandarbha)

“Bhagavān Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva, the purifier of the [jīvas of] Kali-yuga, the avatāra whose purpose is distribution of his own service ….”

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tādṛśa-bhāvaṁ bhāvaṁ

tādṛśa-bhāvaṁ bhāvaṁ
prathayitum iha yo’vatāram āyātaḥ |
ādurjana-gaṇa-śaraṇaṁ
sa jayati caitanya-vigrahaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ ||
(Prīti Sandarbha: 429)

“May Kṛṣṇa,
He who descended here [i.e., to this earth]
To distribute bhāva of such nature [i.e., the bhāva of Śrī Rādhā’s sakhīs, as described in the previous verse],
The shelter of [all, including] even depraved persons,
He who has a form of [constituted of] consciousness,
[alt., He who is manifest in the form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu],
Triumph!”

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anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau

anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam |
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ ||
(Vidagdha-mādhava-nāṭakam: 1.1.2; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.4)

“Having graciously descended in the Age of Kali to bestow in full his own wealth of bhakti [alt., the wealth of bhakti to himself] replete with the most elevated, brilliant rasa [i.e., ujjvala-rasa], which had not been offered since long ago, may [he, the lion-like] Hari, the Son of Śacī, fully radiant with beautiful golden luster, be manifest always in the cave of your heart.”

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yebā nāhi bujhe keha

yebā nāhi bujhe keha śunite śunite seha
ki adbhuta caitanya-carita |
kṛṣṇe upajibe prīti jānibe rasera rīti
śunilei baḍa haya hita ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.2.87)

“How wonderful! By continuously hearing about Caitanya’s līlā, even someone who does not understand it will develop prīti for Kṛṣṇa and understand the way of rasa. Simply by listening, such great benefit occurs!”

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gaura-kathā payorāśī

gaura-kathā payorāśī kṛṣṇa-dāsa tāhe bhāsi
āniyāche amṛtera dhāra |
sei kāvya-sudhā pāne vaiṣṇava śītala prāṇe
āra pite cāhe bāra bāra ||
(Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)

“After floating out into the milk reservoir of discussion of Gaura, Kṛṣṇa Dāsa has brought back a stream of nectar. By drinking the nectar of this poetry, Vaiṣṇavas’ hearts are cooled, and they desire to drink more again and again.”

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acintya adbhuta kṛṣṇa-caitanya-vihāra

acintya adbhuta kṛṣṇa-caitanya-vihāra |
citra bhāva, citra guṇa, citra vyavahāra ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.17.306)

“Kṛṣṇa Caitanya’s play is inconceivable and astonishing. Extraordinary is his bhāva, extraordinary are his qualities, and extraordinary is his behavior.”

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sei kṛṣṇa sei gopī—parama virodha

sei kṛṣṇa sei gopī—parama virodha |
acintya-caritra prabhura—ati sudurbodha ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.17.304)

“He is Kṛṣṇa, and he is a gopī [i.e., Rādhā]—this is completely contradictory. Prabhu’s character is inconceivable—it is extremely difficult to understand.”

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bibhrad varṇaṁ kim api dahanottīrṇa-sauvarṇa-sāraṁ

bibhrad varṇaṁ kim api dahanottīrṇa-sauvarṇa-sāraṁ
divyākāraṁ kim api kalayan dṛpta-gopāla-mauleḥ |
āviṣkurvan kvacid avasare tat-tad-āścarya-līlāṁ
sākṣād rādhā-madhuripur-vapur bhāti gaurāṅgacandraḥ ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 109)

“Bearing some [i.e., some sort of indescribable] complexion resembling smelted gold, exhibiting some [i.e., some sort of indescribable] divine [i.e., wonderous] figure of the foremost of radiant cowherds, and on some [i.e., some special] occasions revealing some of his [i.e., that cowherd’s] astonishing līlās, the manifest form of Rādhā and Madhu-ripu [i.e., Kṛṣṇa]—the moon Gaurāṅga—shines.”

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