Verse 1.5.170-172

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.170-172:

ত্রেতা-যুগে হৈযা যে শ্রী-রাম-লক্ষ্মণ নানা-মতে লীলা করি’ বধিলা রাবণ হৈলা দ্বাপর-যুগে কৃষ্ণ-সঙ্কর্ষণ নানা-মতে করিলেন ভূভার খণ্ডন “মুকুন্দ” “অনন্ত” যাঙ্রে সর্ব-বেদে কয শ্রী-চৈতন্য নিত্যানন্দ সেই সুনিশ্চয ॥ ১৭০-১৭২ ॥

त्रेता-युगे हैया ये श्री-राम-लक्ष्मण नाना-मते लीला करि’ वधिला रावण हैला द्वापर-युगे कृष्ण-सङ्कर्षण नाना-मते करिलेन भूभार खण्डन “मुकुन्द” “अनन्त” याङ्रे सर्व-वेदे कय श्री-चैतन्य नित्यानन्द सेइ सुनिश्चय ॥ १७०-१७२ ॥

tretā-yuge haiyā ye śrī-rāma-lakṣmaṇa nānā-mate līlā kari’ vadhilā rāvaṇa hailā dvāpara-yuge kṛṣṇa-saṅkarṣaṇa nānā-mate karilena bhūbhāra khaṇḍana “mukunda” “ananta” yāṅre sarva-vede kaya śrī-caitanya nityānanda sei suniścaya || 170-172 ||

treta-yuge haiya ye sri-rama-laksmana nana-mate lila kari’ vadhila ravana haila dvapara-yuge krsna-sankarsana nana-mate karilena bhubhara khandana “mukunda” “ananta” yanre sarva-vede kaya sri-caitanya nityananda sei suniscaya (170-172)

English translation:

(170-172) They who in Tretā-yuga appeared as Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa and performed various pastimes like killing Rāvaṇa, who in Dvāpara- yuga appeared as Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma and performed various pastimes like diminishing the burden of the earth, who all the Vedas address as Mukunda and Ananta—They have now certainly appeared as Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Gaurasundara is nondifferent from the personification of sweetness, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the son of the king of Vraja. The naimittika incarnations, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, and the worldly splendors are His parts or manifestations. That Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is certainly Śrī Gaurasundara, and He who is nondifferent as the svayam- prakāśa, Śrī Baladeva, is certainly Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. In Tretā-yuga, which begins after Satya-yuga, the two brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

appeared as partial incarnations and displayed the pastime of killing Rāvaṇa. In Dvāpara-yuga, the two brothers Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma (Saṅkarṣaṇa) diminished the burden of the world by eliminating the Kaurava dynasty and killing demons like Śiśupāla. There is no doubt that the two great personalities Śrī Anantadeva and Mukunda, who are glorified by the Vedas, have appeared in this world in the age of Kali as Śrī Nityānanda and Śrī Caitanya.