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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
siṁha-skandhaṁ madhura-madhura-smera-gaṇḍa-sthalāntaṁ
durvijñeyojjvala-rasa-mayāścarya-nānā-vikāram |
bibhrat kāntiṁ vikaca-kanakāmbhoja-garbhābhirāmām
ekībhūtaṁ vapur avatu vo rādhayā mādhavasya ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 13; cited in Bhāvanā-sāra-saṅgraha: 1.2)
“Bearing the torso of a lion, a sweet, sweet smile between the sides of his cheeks, various astonishing and incomprehensible transformations of ujjvala-rasa, and luster delightful like the interior of an open golden lotus, may the figure of Mādhava united with Rādhā protect us.”
rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī-śaktir asmād
ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau |
caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptaṁ
rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.5)
“Rādhā is a transformation of Kṛṣṇa’s uninhibited love—[His] hlādinī-śakti.
Thus, although one by nature,
The two [viz., Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa] previously [i.e., beginninglessly] have taken on
A distinction in body
[i.e., existed in two separate bodies] on earth.
Now, those two have attained a manifest oneness
Known as Caitanya.
I praise the form of Kṛṣṇa
Excellently enveloped by the bhāva and luster of Rādhā.”
sei kṛṣṇa avatārī vrajendra-kumāra |
āpane caitanya-rūpe kaila avatāra ||
ataeva caitanya gosāñi para-tattva-sīmā |
tā̐re kṣīrodaśāyī kahi, ki tā̐ra mahimā ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.2.109–110)
“This Kṛṣṇa, the origin of all avatāras and Prince of Vraja, personally descended in the form of Śrī Caitanya. Therefore, Śrī Caitanya Gosāñi is the ultimate manifestation of the Supreme entity (Para-tattva). If we say he is Kṣīrodaśāyī Viṣṇu, is that his greatness?”
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu svayaṁ bhagavān |
tā̐hāra padāravinde ananta praṇāma ||
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.42)
“Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu is Svayam Bhagavān. I offer unlimited obeisances at his lotus feet.”
yad advaitaṁ brahmopaniṣadi tad apy asya tanu-bhā
ya ātmāntaryāmī puruṣa iti so’syāṁśa-vibhavaḥ |
ṣaḍ-aiśvaryaiḥ pūrṇo ya iha bhagavān sa svayam ayaṁ
na caitanyāt krṣṇāj jagati para-tattvaṁ param iha ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.3)
“That which is [known as] nondual Brahman in the Upaniṣads is indeed the luster of his figure. The Puruṣa, [known in the yoga-śāstras as] the indwelling regulator of the ātmā, is a manifestion of his aṁśa [i.e., a manifestation of Mahāviṣṇu, who is a partial manifestation of him]. He who is Bhagavān replete with the six aiśvaryas [i.e., Nārāyaṇa of Vaikuṇṭha, the source of the Puruṣa-avatāras] is in this regard [i.e., in the context of deliberation upon and experience of essential nature] also he himself [i.e., also a partial manifestation of him]. There is [thus] no supreme entity in this regard [i.e., in the domain of deliberation and experience] other than Kṛṣṇa Caitanya [i.e., Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is verily Svayam Bhagavān and nondiffernet from Śrī Kṛṣṇa himself].”
vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nityānandau sahoditau |
gauḍodaye puṣpavantau citrau śan-dau tamo-nudau ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.2)
“I offer obeisance unto the sun and the moon who have arisen simultaneously above the eastern mountain of Gauḍa, the astonishing bestowers of good fortune and dispellers of darkness Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Śrī Nityānanda.”
