Verse 2.8.87

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.87:

মত্স্য, কূর্ম, বরাহ, বামন, নরসিংহ ভাগ্য-অনুরূপ দেখে চরণের ভৃঙ্গ ॥ ৮৭ ॥

मत्स्य, कूर्म, वराह, वामन, नरसिंह भाग्य-अनुरूप देखे चरणेर भृङ्ग ॥ ८७ ॥

matsya, kūrma, varāha, vāmana, narasiṃha bhāgya-anurūpa dekhe caraṇera bhṛṅga || 87 ||

matsya, kurma, varaha, vamana, narasimha bhagya-anurupa dekhe caranera bhrnga (87)

English translation:

(87) According to their respective good fortune, the devotees who were like bumble bees at the lotus feet of the Lord saw the Matsya, Kūrma, Varāha, Vāmana, and Narasiṃha forms of the Lord.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

According to the devotees’ qualification in service, the Lord exhibited to them His various naimittika, or occasional, forms like Matsya, Kūrma, Vāmana, Narasiṃha, and Rāma, who are worshiped with awe and reverence and who eternally reside in Vaikuṇṭha. In order to ensure that people would not discriminate after seeing various forms of Viṣṇu and imagine Them to be different Gods, the Lord displayed His eternal forms according to the favorable taste of His devotees. In order to deliver people from the clutches of those who give up the worship of the Lord, who desire wealth, fame, and women, who concoct temporary forms of the Lord, and who boast of having fulfilled their material desires, the Lord displayed the pastimes of manifesting His eternal forms within this material world. The display of those eternal pastimes by Śrīman Mahāprabhu, the source of all incarnations, overwhelmed His eternal

servants and manifested as their highest goal.