The Golden Volcano of Divine Love - Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math

THE GOLDEN AVATAR 29JÈva GoswÅmÈ explains the meaning of this versein his own parallel verse:antaÓ k›ˆa˜ bahir gaura˜darÍitÅ⁄gÅdi-vaibhavamkalau sa⁄kÈrtanÅdyaiÓ smak›ˆa-caitanyam ÅÍritÅÓ“I take shelter of ßrÈ Krishna ChaitanyaMahÅprabhu, who is outwardly of a golden complexion,but is inwardly Krishna Himself. In this age ofKali, He displays His expansions while performingcongregational chanting of the Holy Name ofKrishna. That He is blackish within means that internallyHe is Krishna; that He is golden without meansthat He has accepted the mood of ßrÈmatÈ RÅdhÅrňÈ.In the age of Kali, that Golden Lord is seen accompaniedby His expansions, associates, and intimatedevotees performing sa⁄kÈrtana.”Someone may argue that the meaning of k›ˆavarˆa˜is that His color is black and His luster is alsoblack. But how is this possible? That would be redundant.The conjunction between the words tvisÅ and ak›ˆammean that His color is k›ˆa, black, but His luster isak›ˆa: not black. Then, someone might say, “Not blackdoes not necessarily mean golden. Why should it meangolden?” The answer is found in ßrÈmad-BhÅgavatam.