Re: Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata Verses about Nitaai Gaura Naama

Dear Vaishnavas,

    Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! It's not over yet! There's still one more!

Antya Chapter 9 (Gaura Sankirtana -- the crowning glory!)

Text 157
One day, Advaita Acarya, wild with bliss, said to the devotees,
Text 158
"Listen, O My brothers. Filling our mouths with His names, today we will sing about Lord Chaitanya.
Text 159
"Today we will not sing about any other avatara. Lord Chaitanya is the essence of all avataras.
Text 160
"Taking Us with Him, Lord Chaitanya descended to the earth to deliver everyone in all the worlds.
Text 161
"By His mercy We are honored everywhere. He has given Us the great wealth that is sankirtana.
Text 162
"I will dance. You all sing Lord Chaitanya's glories. Roar like lions. Leave behind all the fear in your hearts."
Text 163
Lord Chaitanya had hidden Himself. All the devotees thought, "Lord Chaitanya will be angry."
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However, no one could disobey Advaita Acarya's command. They all sang Lord Chaitanya's glories.
Text 165
Wild with bliss, lionlike Advaita Acarya danced. In the four directions everyone sang Lord Chaitanya's glories.
Text 166
Hearing the names and glories of Lord Chaitanya, the Lord's most recent avatara in this world, all the Vaishnavas became wild with bliss.
Text 167
Personally singing about Lord Chaitanya, Advaita Acarya danced. In this way He delivered the worlds.
Text 168
He sang:
shri-chaitanya narayana karuna-sagor
duhkhitera bandhu prabhu mora doya kor

    "O Shri Chaitanya, O Narayana, O ocean of mercy, O friend of the distressed, O Lord, please be merciful to Me!"

Text 169
When this verse came on lionlike Lord Advaita's mouth, the kirtana became very glorious.

Text 170-171
Someone said, "Jaya Shachinandana! Someone else said: "Jaya Gauracandra-Narayana! Jaya Sankirtana Priya! Shri Gaura Gopala! Jaya Bhakta Jana Priya! Pashandira kala!"

jaya sankirtana-priya shri-gaura-gopal
jaya bhakta-jana-priya pashandira kal

    "Glory to Chaitanya-Narayana! Glory to Chaitanya-Krishna, who is fond of sankirtana! Glory to the Lord who loves the devotees and is destructive time personified to the blasphemers!"

Text 172
Lionlike Advaita Acarya wildly danced. All the devotees sang of Lord Chaitanya's names, virtues, and activities.

A Song in Shri-raga

Text 173
    Look at Lord Chaitanya! As He joyfully sings the Supreme Lord's glories, He rolls about on the ground, and the hairs of His body stand erect. He is Lord Krishna Hismelf. He is the king of Vaikuntha. Assuming the form of a brahmana, He has descended to this world. Now He enjoys pastimes of sankirtana.

Text 174
(Refrain, kanaka jiniya kanti         shri-bigraha sobhe ati
ajanu-lambita-bhuja saja re
nyasi-bara-rupa-dhar          apana rase bihwal
na jani kemana sukhe nace re

    His graceful body's splendor defeats gold. His arms reach to His knees. Assuming the form of a sannyasi, He has become wild by tasting the nectar of love for a person who is actually Himself. Why does He dance so blissfully? I do not know.

Text 175
jaya shri-gaurasundar        karuna-sindhu
jaya jaya brindabana-raya
jaya jaya samprati jay       nabadwipa-purandar
carana-kamala deha' chaya

    Glory to Lord Chaitanya, who is handsome and fair, and who is an ocean of mercy! Glory, glory to the king of Vrindavana! Glory, glory, glory to He who is now the king of Navadvipa! O Lord, please give me the shade of Your lotus feet.

Text 176
All the devotees sang kirtana. Meditating on Lord Chaitanya's feet, Advaita Acarya danced.
Text 177
Hearing these new verses about the Lord's most recent avatara, the Vaishnavas joyfully sang the names of Lord Krishna.
Text 178
How wonderful was the bliss in that kirtana! Lord Nityananda alone has the power to describe it completely.
Text 179
Hearing the loud sounds of the kirtana, Lord Chaitanya, the jewel of the sannyasis, came there.
Text 180
Seeing Lord Chaitanya, the devotees sang with even more joy, and Advaita Acarya danced with even more bliss.
Text 181
Filled with bliss, no one feared Lord Chaitanya. Everyone openly sang of Lord Chaitanya's glories.
Text 182
In His pastimes Lord Chaitanya was always in the mood of Lord Krishna's servant. He would say, "I am a servant of Lord Krishna. Please do not call Me anything else."
Text 183
No one had the power to face Him and openly call Him "Supreme Personality of Godhead". They could only call Him "Lord Krishna's servant".
Text 184
Still, by Advaita Acarya's power they were now fearlessly singing songs declaring that Lord Chaitanya was Lord Krishna Himself.
Text 185
Lord Chaitanya, the jewel of the sannyasis, stood for a moment and listened to the songs glorifying Him. Then He became embarrassed and fled.
Text 186
To teach everyone, Lord Chaitanya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme siksha-guru, went home when He heard others singing a kirtana glorifying Him.
Text 187
Even so, fear was not born in any heart. Now they sang the Lord Chaitanya's glories all the more.
Text 188
External consciousness was not present in anyone's body. Everyone saw that Lord Chaitanya was present in the kirtana glorifying Him.
Text 189
Everyone wildly sang Lord Chaitanya's glories. They became almost like madmen. The saintly devotees heard that kirtana with joy. The wicked were unhappy to hear it.
Text 190
Of what value are brahmacarya or sannyasa to a person who is not pleased by Lord Chaitanya's glories?
Text 191
In this way the devotees always joyfully sang sankirtana of Lord Krishna's holy names.
Text 192
Anyone who reads or hears of all these blissful pastimes will one day meet all the personal associates of Lord Chaitanya.
Text 193
Singing and dancing, all these great devotees went to see Lord Chaitanya.
Text 194
Hearing the kirtana glorifying Him, and then seeing how everyone had come, Lord Chaitanya became afraid. He lay down to go to sleep.
Text 195
Saintly Govinda informed the Lord, "All the Vaishnavas are at Your door."
Text 196
Lord Chaitanya ordered Govinda to bring them all inside. Then Lord Chaitanya went to sleep. No one looked in any other direction. They looked only at Him.
Text 197
Afraid, all the devotees meditated on Lord Chaitanya's feet.
Text 198
In a moment Lord Chaitanya, who dearly loves His devotees, awakened. He said, "Ah! All the Vaishnavas!
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"Ah! Ah! Saintly Shrivasa Pandita! Why have You all come here today?
Text 200
"Why, abandoning Lord Krishna's holy names, and abanonding kirtana glorifying Lord Krishna, have you all come and awakened Me?"
Text 201
Very eloquent Shrivasa said, "Lord, the individual souls have no power to act independently, against Your will.
Text 202
"As the Supreme Personality of Godhead makes me act and speak, so I act and speak. This I tell to You."
Text 203
Lord Chaitanya said, "You are all panditas. Why do you hide your knowledge?"
Text 204
Hearing Lord Chaitanya's words, Shrivasa Pandita moved his hand as if he were trying to cover the sun. Then he laughed.
Text 205
Lord Chaitanya said, "What do you hint by moving your hand like that? Tell Me what your gesture means."
Text 206
Shrivasa said, "With this hand I will cover the sun. Thus I tell You the meaning of this gesture.
Text 207
"Do I have the power to cover the sun with one hand? In the same way, You have no power to hide Yourself.
Text 208
"Even if some day I get the power to cover the sun with my hand, You will still have no power to hide Yourself.
Text 209
"On the ocean of milk You could not hide Yourself. How will You hide Yourself in the world of human beings?
Text 210
"Your pure glories will fill every direction, from the Himalayas to Setubandha to the entire earth.
Text 211
"The kirtana glorifying You will fill the entire universe, reaching up to Brahmaloka. How many people will sing in that kirtana? How will You punish them all?"
Text 212
The Supreme Personality of Godhead always chants the glories of His devotees. Now a great wonder had come to the Lord's own door.
Text 213
From where did so many thousands and thousands of people come? I do not know. After seeing Lord Jagannatha, they all went to see Lord Chaitanya.
Text 214
Some had come from Tripura, others from Catigrama, orthers from Shrihatta, and others from East Bengal.
Text 215
Thousands and thousands of people sang a kirtana glorifying Lord Chaitanya.
Text 216
They sang:

jaya jaya shri-krishna-chaitanya banamali
jaya jaya nija-bhakti-rasa-kutuhali

    "Glory, glory to Shri Krishna Chaitanya, who is forestflower-garlanded Lord Krishna! Glory, glory to the Lord who now happily tastes the nectar of devotional service to a person who is actually Himself!

Text 217
jaya jaya parama-sannyasi-rupa-dhari
jaya jaya sankirtana-lampata murari

    "Glory, glory to the Lord who has now assumed the form of the supreme sannyasi! Glory, glory to Lord Krishna, who is now eager to enjoy pastimes of sankirtana!

Text 218-219
jaya jaya dwija-raja baikuntha-bihari
jaya jaya sarba-jagatera upakari

jaya krishna-chaitanya shri-sacira nandan

    "Glory, glory to the king of brahmanas, who is actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master who enjoys pastimes in Vaikuntha! Glory, glory to the Lord who blesses all the worlds! Glory to Saci's son, Shri Krishna Chaitanya!"

    In this way everyone sang while a hundred persons danced.

Text 220
Then Shrivasa said, "Lord, what will You do? The whole world is singing. Where will You hide?
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"Lord, what should I teach the whole world? Lord, the whole world is singing like this.
Text 222
"Lord, You do not appear before the conditioned souls. They cannot see You. But because You are merciful You now stand before their eyes.
Text 223
"You hide from them, and also You reveal Yourself to them. They who attain Your mercy understand You."
Text 224
Lord Chaitanya said, "By your own power you arranged all this. With your own mouth you told everyone in the world. This I know.
Text 225
"I am defeated by you. Listen, O pandita, I know you have all powers."
Text 226
The Supreme Personality of Godhead always praises His devotees. That is His nature. This the Vedas and the Shrimad-Bhagavatam say.
Text 227
With a smiling face Lord Chaitanya bid farewell to all the Vaishnavas. They all returned to their homes.
Text 228
Lord Chaitanya loves His devotees. Because of Him everyone chants, "Krishna!"
Text 229
Lord Nityananda, Lord Advaita, and all the other personal associates of the Lord affirm, "Shri Krishna Chaitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
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They who disagree with the Supreme Lord's words and say that Lord Chaitanya is not Lord Krishna are unfortunate.

So there we are! Getting the original verses will take a while. But I have them and will do so when able. I have seen two translations and everything is quite consistent. If we had Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's purports it would have been even better.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath

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