Verse 2.24.15

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.15:

ক্ষণে বলে,—“মুঞি সেই মদন-গোপাল” ক্ষণে বলে,—“মুঞি কৃষ্ণ-দাস সর্ব-কাল” ॥ ১৫ ॥

क्षणे बले,—“मुञि सेइ मदन-गोपाल” क्षणे बले,—“मुञि कृष्ण-दास सर्व-काल” ॥ १५ ॥

kṣaṇe bale,—“muñi sei madana-gopāla” kṣaṇe bale,—“muñi kṛṣṇa-dāsa sarva-kāla” || 15 ||

ksane bale,—“muni sei madana-gopala” ksane bale,—“muni krsna-dasa sarva-kala” (15)

English translation:

(15) One moment He said, “I am that Madana-gopāla.” Another moment He said, “I am the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Gaurasundara incarnated to reveal how fortunate the conditioned souls becomes by chanting the spiritual names. When living entities retire from perception based on the godless sense-gratifying meanings of words coming from languages like Brāhmī, Sānkī, and Kharoṣṭī, then by the influence of the spiritual names their eternal propensity is awakened. Then they are not satisfied by attraction to external objects, and they develop an indescribable urge. At that time the living entities realize their eternal constitutional position. Śrī Gaurasundara also always manifested in Himself the five sentiments found in eternal servants of the Supreme Lord. Since He was Vrajendra-nandana Himself, He was sometimes unable to conceal Himself. He did not obstruct the conditioned souls’ vision by which they could understand the identity of the Supreme Lord and thus know that the son of Śacī is nondifferent from the son of Nanda. He always identified Himself as a Vaiṣṇava so that all living entities, who are servants of Lord Caitanya, would not lose their constitutional spiritual propensities and consider themselves ahaṅgrahopāsaka [One who worships himself with the idea of becoming God.] “Māyāvādī bāulas” or “Madana-gopālas.”