Verse 2.27.13

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.27.13:

এই মত আরো আছে দুই অবতার `কীর্তন’ `আনন্দ’ রূপে হৈবে আমার ॥ ১৩ ॥

एइ मत आरो आछे दुइ अवतार `कीर्तन’ `आनन्द’ रूपे हैबे आमार ॥ १३ ॥

ei mata āro āche dui avatāra `kīrtana’ `ānanda’ rūpe haibe āmāra || 13 ||

ei mata aro ache dui avatara `kirtana’ `ananda’ rupe haibe amara (13)

English translation:

(13) “In this way I will incarnate in the two other forms of kīrtana and

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

ānanda.

Śrī Gaurasundara said, “Like this I will incarnate two more times. I incarnate along with the kīrtana of the Lord’s holy names, and I incarnate in the ānanda form of the Deity to display My sac-cid-ānanda form to those who worship Me.”

On the pretext that Śrī Gaurasundara has two other incarnations, envious, atheistic people establish wretched people as incarnations of Lord Śrī Gaurasundara rather than accept the Deity form of Śrī Gaurasundara.

Since pure devotees of the Lord have accepted the two incarnations of Lord Śrī Gaurasundara as āveśa-avatāras, or empowered incarnations, sinful people attempt to apply “apotheosis” on living entities who are forced to accept the fruits of their karma and who daily pass through three states of life. (See Caitanya-bhāgavata, CB Ādi-khaṇḍa 14.85.) Such people cannot accept that the Deity and the holy name are the two forms of the Lord. Since such nava-gaurāṅga philosophy has appeared in various places, the path of spiritual life has become greatly obstructed and damaged.