Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 1.85-86

vraje ye vihare pūrve kṛṣṇa-balarāma

koṭī-sūrya-candra jini dońhāra nija-dhāma

sei dui jagatere ha-iyā sadaya

gauḍadeśe pūrva-śaile karilā udaya

SYNONYMS

vraje — in Vraja (Vṛndāvana); ye — who; vihare — played; pūrve — formerly; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; balarāma — Lord Balarāma; koṭī — millions; sūrya — suns; candra — moons; jini — overcoming; dońhāra — of the two; nija-dhāma — the effulgence; sei — these; dui — two; jagatere — for the universe; ha-iyā — becoming; sa-daya — compassionate; gauḍa-deśe — in the country of Gauḍa; pūrva-śaile — on the eastern horizon; karilā — did; udaya — arise.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, the Personalities of Godhead, who formerly appeared in Vṛndāvana and were millions of times more effulgent than the sun and moon, have arisen over the eastern horizon of Gauḍadeśa [West Bengal], being compassionate for the fallen state of the world.

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