'gaura-gopÄla mantra' tomÄra cÄri aká¹£ara
aviÅ›vÄsa chÄá¸a, yei kariyÄcha antara"
gaura-gopÄla mantra - the Gaura-gopÄla mantra; tomÄra - your; cÄri aká¹£ara - composed of four syllables; aviÅ›vÄsa chÄá¸a - give up your doubts; yei - which; kariyÄcha antara - you have kept within your mind.
“You are chanting the Gaura-gopÄla mantra, composed of four syllables. Now please give up the doubts that have resided within you.â€
ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura explains the Gaura-gopÄla mantra in his Amá¹›ta-pravÄha-bhÄá¹£ya. Worshipers of ÅšrÄ« Gaurasundara accept the four syllables gau-ra-aá¹…-ga as the Gaura mantra, but pure worshipers of RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa accept the four syllables rÄ-dhÄ kṛṣ-ṇa as the Gaura-gopÄla mantra. However, Vaiṣṇavas consider ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu nondifferent from RÄdhÄ-Kṛṣṇa (Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-caitanya rÄdhÄ-kṛṣṇa nahe anya). Therefore one who chants the mantra “gaurÄá¹…ga†and one who chants the names of RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa are on the same level.
