Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 1.85-86

vraje ye vihare pūrve krishna-balarāma

kotī-sūrya-candra jini dońhāra nija-dhāma

sei dui jagatere ha-iyā sadaya

gaudadeśe pūrva-śaile karilā udaya

SYNONYMS

vraje — in Vraja (Vrindāvana); ye — who; vihare — played; pūrve — formerly; krishna — Lord Krishna; balarāma — Lord Balarāma; kotī — 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; gauda-deśe — in the country of Gauda; pūrva-śaile — on the eastern horizon; karilā — did; udaya — arise.

TRANSLATION

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

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