Verse 1.2.167

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.167:

কলি-যুগে বিপ্র-রূপে ধরি’ পীত-বর্ণ বুঝাবারে বেদ-গোপ্য সঙ্কীর্তন-ধর্ম ॥ ১৬৭ ॥

कलि-युगे विप्र-रूपे धरि’ पीत-वर्ण बुझाबारे वेद-गोप्य सङ्कीर्तन-धर्म ॥ १६७ ॥

kali-yuge vipra-rūpe dhari’ pīta-varṇa bujhābāre veda-gopya saṅkīrtana-dharma || 167 ||

kali-yuge vipra-rupe dhari’ pita-varna bujhabare veda-gopya sankirtana-dharma (167)

English translation:

(167) “You appear in Kali-yuga as a brāhmaṇa with a golden complexion to inaugurate the congregational chanting of the holy names, which is unknown through the Vedas.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Vedic literature composed on the basis of material knowledge, gathered through pratyakṣa, direct understanding, and anumāna, hypothetical understanding, is suitable for material enjoyment alone. Although one’s constitutional duties, in the form of chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord, are not directly propagated by the Vedas, they are nevertheless exhibited in this world in the form of devotional service unto the Lord, who is adhokṣaja (beyond material perception), sad-dharma-praṇeta (the director of religious codes), bhāgavata-dharmājña (the knower of Vaiṣṇava religious principles), and veda-goptā (the protector of the Vedas). In other words, chanting the holy names of the Lord is a spiritual substance that is nondifferent from Lord Viṣṇu. The term kali-yuga- avatāra refers to Śrī Caitanya, whose complexion is golden, who is the spiritual master for the world, and who is the brāhmaṇa inaugurator of the saṅkīrtana movement. The prescribed service of the holy names and forms of the Lord is temple worship in Dvāpara-yuga, sacrificial performance in Tretā-yuga, and meditation in Satya-yuga. As a teacher, the Lord propagated the religious principles of all four yugas and thus acted as an spiritual master, or ācārya. The Lord also revealed that in Satya-yuga one should remain a brahmacārī, in Tretā-yuga one should remain a gṛhastha, in Dvāpara-yuga one should remain a vānaprastha, and in Kali-yuga one should remain a sannyāsī.