Verse 2.8.83

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.83:

নিরন্তর সবার মন্দিরে প্রভু যায চতুর্-ভুজ-ষড্-ভুজাদি বিগ্রহ দেখায ॥ ৮৩ ॥

निरन्तर सबार मन्दिरे प्रभु याय चतुर्-भुज-षड्-भुजादि विग्रह देखाय ॥ ८३ ॥

nirantara sabāra mandire prabhu yāya catur-bhuja-ṣaḍ-bhujādi vigraha dekhāya || 83 ||

nirantara sabara mandire prabhu yaya catur-bhuja-sad-bhujadi vigraha dekhaya (83)

English translation:

(83) The Lord regularly visited the houses of His devotees and exhibited to them His various forms such as His four-armed and six-armed forms.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Mahāprabhu displayed His four-armed Nārāyaṇa form, holding conch, disc, club, and lotus, to many fortunate persons, and He displayed His six-armed form to some others. The combination of the two arms of Nṛsiṃhadeva, two arms of Rāma, and two arms of Kṛṣṇa comprise the ṣaḍ-bhuja, or six arms. The right hand of Nṛsiṃhadeva displays bhakta-

vātsalya, or affection for the devotees, the nails of His left hand tear apart the hearts of those who are envious of the devotees; the bow and arrows in the two hands of Rāmacandra destroy the name and fame of the materialists; and the flute in the two hands of Kṛṣṇa attracts the devotees

imbued with love of God. Śrī Gaurasundara exhibited His six-armed form in order to display these three pastimes. Sometimes it is also stated that the six arms of the Lord destroy one’s desires for wealth, fame, and material enjoyment. We see a bow and arrows in the hands of Rāma, a flute in the hands of Kṛṣṇa, and a daṇḍa and waterpot in the hands of Śrī Caitanyadeva. The two arms of Rāma destroy the Laṅkā of gold [or wealth], the two arms of Vrajendra-nandana holding the flute destroy the Cupid of attachment [or material enjoyment], and the two arms [of Caitanyadeva] destroy desires for the fame of enjoying the association of women. In order to destroy the various philosophies that create false arguments and disturbances in this world and that have made those who do not traverse the path of the Absolute Truth averse to devotional service, the Lord has punished those persons who are overwhelmed by such disturbances by holding a daṇḍa in one hand, and He uprooted the deceitfulness of persons who desire material fame by holding a waterpot in His other hand.