Nitā I Caitanya Dohe Baḍa Abatāra
nitā-i caitanya dohe baḍa abatāra
From Songs of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas by Narahari dāsa.
Eleven songs signed Krsna dasa, one of the larger chapters in this anthology, moving through gaura-candrika description alongside sharper, more polemical verses addressed directly to nindukas, faultfinders and critics of the sankirtana movement. Krsna dasa is a common name across the wider padavali tradition, shared by several distinct poets; nothing in this collection's own attribution connects this particular signature to Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, the author of the Chaitanya-caritamrta, and this site does not assume that identity.
11 songs
nitā-i caitanya dohe baḍa abatāra
āre re ninduka bhā-i tore kire bodha nā-i
śāntipurera baṛā-mālī baikuṇṭha bāgāna khāli
prema-sindhu gorā-rāya nitā-i taraṅga tāya
līlāmṛta rasa sāra tāra śata śata dhāra
gaurāmṛta anukṣaṇa sādhu mahānta megha-gaṇa
nadīyāra ghāṭe bhā-i ki adbhuta tari
soṅara naba gaura sundara
dekha du-i bhā-i gaura nitā-i
abhiṣeke gauracandera ānanda apāra
The full-moon of Lord Garua-Hari mercifully appeared on the horizon of Nadiya. Grievous sins were all destrioyed. The three worlds were filled with joy. The universe was filled with the sound of "Hari!"