CC Antya 2.31

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 31

’gaura-gopāla mantra’ tomāra cāri akṣara
aviśvāsa chāḍa, yei kariyācha antara“

SYNONYMS

gaura-gopāla mantra—the Gaura-gopāla mantra; tomāra—your; cāri akṣara—composed of four syllables; aviśvāsa chāḍa—give up your doubts; yei—which; kariyācha antara—you have kept within your mind.

TRANSLATION

“You are chanting the Gaura-gopāla mantra, composed of four syllables. Now please give up the doubts that have resided within you.”

PURPORT

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains the Gaura-gopāla mantra in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Worshipers of Śrī Gaurasundara accept the four syllables gau-ra-aṅ-ga as the Gaura mantra, but pure worshipers of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa accept the four syllables rā-dhā kṛṣ-ṇa as the Gaura-gopāla mantra. However, Vaiṣṇavas consider Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu nondifferent from Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa (śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya). Therefore one who chants the mantra “gaurāṅga” and one who chants the names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are on the same level.