Adi-lila, Chapter 3 191

TEXT 49

watachl coUCH Aare ATHAT
ARAPRA “tow fastatfaratats 0 sev

suvarna-varno hemango
varadngas candanangadi

sannyasa-krc chamah santo
nisthd-santi-pardyanah

SYNONYMS

suvarna—of gold; varnah—having the color; hema-afngah—whose body was like
molten gold; vara-angah—having a most beautiful body; candana-afhgadi— whose
body was smeared with sandalwood; sannydsa-krt—practicing the renounced order
of life; samah—equipoised; santah—peaceful; nistha—devotion; sadnti—and of peace;
pardyanah—the highest resort.

TRANSLATION

“In His early pastimes He appears as a householder with a golden complexion. His
limbs are beautiful, and His body, smeared with the pulp of sandalwood, seems like
molten gold. In His later pastimes He accepts the sannyasa order, and He is equi-
poised and peaceful. He is the highest abode of peace and devotion, for He silences
the impersonalist nondevotees.”

PURPORT

This is a verse from the Mahdbhdrata (Déana-dharma,  Visnu-sahasra-
name-stotra). In his commentary on the Visnu-sahasra-nama called the
Namartha-sudhabhidha, Srila Baladeva_ Vidyabhisana, commenting upon
this verse, asserts that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead according to the evidence of the Upanisads. He explains that suvarna-
varnah meansa golden complexion. He also quotes the Vedic injunction yada pasyah
pasyate rukma-varnam kartdram tsarh purusam brahma-yonim. Rukma-varnam
kartdram isam refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead as having a complexion
the color of molten gold. Purusam means the Supreme Lord, and brahma-yonim
indicates that He is also the Supreme Brahman. This evidence, too, proves that Lord
Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna. Another meaning of the
description of the Lord as having a golden hue is that Lord Caitanya’s personality is
as fascinating as gold is attractive. Srila Baladeva Vidyabhisana has explained that
the word varafga means “‘exquisitely beautiful.”

Lord Caitanya accepted sannydsa, leaving aside His householder life, to preach
His mission. He has equanimity in different senses. First, He describes the confi-
dential truth of the Personality of Godhead, and second, He satisfies everyone by
knowledge and attachment to Krsna. He is peaceful because He renounces all topics
not related to the service of Krsna. Srila Baladeva Vidyabhisana has explained that
