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vraje ye vihare pūrve kṛṣṇa-balarāma
koṭī-sūrya-candra jini doṅhāra nija-dhāma
sei dui jagatere ha-iyā sadaya
gauḍadeśe pūrva-śaile karilā udaya
Synonyms
vraje—in Vraja (Vṛndāvana); ye—who; vihare—played; pūrve—formerly; krsna—Lord Kṛṣṇa; balarāma—Lord Balarāma; koti—millions; surya—suns; candra—moons; jini—overcoming; doṅhāra—of the two; nija-dhama—the effulgence; sei—these; dui—two; jagatere—for the universe; ha-iyā—becoming; sa-daya—compassionate; gauḍa-dese—in the country of Gauḍa; pūrva-śaile—on the eastern horizon; karila—did; udaya—arise. ¶
Translation
Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, the Personalities of Godhead, who formerly appeared in Vṛndāvana and were millions of times more effulgent than the sun and moon, have arisen over the eastern horizon of Gauḍadeśa [West Bengal], being compassionate for the fallen state of the world. ¶