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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 3.81
darśitāńgādi-vaibhavam
SYNONYMS
antah — internally; krishnam — Lord Krishna; bahih — externally; gauram — fair-colored; darśita — displayed; ańga — limbs; ādi — beginning with; vaibhavam — expansions; kalau — in the Age of Kali; sańkīrtana-ādyaih — by congregational chanting, etc.; sma — certainly; krishna-caitanyam — unto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āśritāh — sheltered.
TRANSLATION
"I take shelter of Lord Śrī Krishna Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is outwardly of a fair complexion but is inwardly Krishna Himself. In this Age of Kali He displays His expansions [His ańgas and upāńgas] by performing congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord."
PURPORT
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has placed the verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam quoted in text 52 (krishna-varnam tvishākrishnam [SB 11.5.32]) as the auspicious introduction to his Bhāgavata-sandarbha, or Shat-sandarbha. He has composed this text (81), which is, in effect, an explanation of the Bhāgavatam verse, as the second verse of the same work. The verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was enunciated by Karabhājana, one of the nine great sages, and it is elaborately explained by the Sarva-samvādinī, Jīva Gosvāmī's commentary on his own Shat-sandarbha.
Antah krishna refers to one who is always thinking of Krishna. This attitude is a predominant feature of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī. Even though many devotees always think of Krishna, none can surpass the gopīs, among whom Rādhārānī is the leader in thinking of Krishna. Rādhārānī's Krishna consciousness surpasses that of all other devotees. Lord Caitanya accepted the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī to understand Krishna; therefore He was always thinking of Krishna in the same way as Rādhārānī. By thinking of Lord Krishna, He always overlapped Krishna.
Śrī Krishna Caitanya, who was outwardly very fair, with a complexion like molten gold, simultaneously manifested His eternal associates, opulences, expansions and incarnations. He preached the process of chanting Hare Krishna, and those who are under His lotus feet are glorious.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness