Verse 2.1.63

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.63:

श्री-नृसिंह-तनुं केचिद् रघुनाथं तथापरे ।
एके गोपालम् इत्य् एवं नाना-रूपं द्विजोत्तम ॥ ६३ ॥

śrī-nṛsiṃha-tanuṃ kecid raghunāthaṃ tathāpare |
eke gopālam ity evaṃ nānā-rūpaṃ dvijottama || 63 ||

śrī-nṛsimha-tanum–the form of Śrī Nṛsimha-deva; kecit–some persons; raghunātham–Śrī Rāma, Lord of the Raghu dynasty; tathā–then; apare–others; eke–some; gopālam–Śrī Gopāla-deva; iti–thus; evam–in this way; nānā–various; rūpam–forms; dvijauttama–O best of the twice-born.

O best of the twice-born! Some of us are worshiping the Lord as Śrī Nṛsiṃha-deva, others as Śrī Raghunāthajī Rāma, and others as Śrī Gopāla-deva. In this way, we worship various manifestations of Śrī Viṣṇu.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

There are different types of mantras, and the ultimate object of worship, or upāsya-tattva, has many different forms that correspond to those mantras. To explain this, the Vaiṣṇavas speak this verse beginning with śrī-nṛsiṃha. They say, “Śrī Viṣṇu’s fourarmed forms are innumerable. We worship all such manifestations of Śrī Viṣṇu, such as Śrī Nṛsiṃha, Śrī Rāma, Śrī Gopāla, Matsya (the fish incarnation), Kūrma (the tortoise incarnation), Varāha (the boar incarnation), and Vāmana (the dwarf incarnation).”