Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu predicted in scriptures
Sruti: (alphabetic order)




Atharva Veda, third khanda, Brahma-vibhaga




ito 'ham krta-sannyaso 'vatarisyami sa-guno nirvedo

niskamo bhu-girbanas

tira-stho 'lakanandayah kalau catuh-sahasrabdhopari

panca-sahasrabhyantare gaura-varno dirghangah

sarva-laksana-yukta

isvara-prarthito nija-rasasvado bhakta-rupo

misrakhyo vidita-yogah syam



Translation

"Towards the end of the period between four-thousand to five thousand years in
Kali-yuga, I will descend on the earth as Gauranga, a golden-complexioned saintly
brahmana in a place by the Ganges' shore and later become the crest-jewel of all
sannyasis, exhibiting all My transcendental qualities including supreme renunciation
and complete detachment from material desires. In the form of Lord Gauranga, I will
display all the thirty-two bodily symptoms of a great personality with my arms
extending to my knees. I will become my own devotee, very advanced in bhakti-yoga
and teach the worship of Lord Krsna (Myself) by the chanting of My own holy names
and relishing the mellows of My own devotional service. At that time only My most
confidential devotees will be able to understand Me."
















Caitanya Upanisad of Atharva Veda

(the whole text of 19 verses)








Chandogya Upanisad 8.1.1 of Sama Veda




atra brahma-puram nama

pundarikam yad ucyate

tad evasta-dalam padma

sannibham puram adbhutam



Translation

In that place [where Sri Caitanya appears] is a wonderful city like an eight-petal
lotus flower.

{commentary of Bhaktivinoda Thakura}











Chandogya Upanisad 8.1.2




tan-madhye daharam saksat

mayapuramitiryate

tatra vesma bhagavatas

caitanyasya paratmanah

tasmin yas tv 'antarakaso

hy antar-dvipah sa ucyate



Translation

In the middle of that lotus-city is a place called Mayapura, and in the middle of
Mayapura is a place called Antardvipa. That place is the home of Lord Caitanya, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

(commentary of Bhaktivinoda Thakura)













Krsna Upanisad 2.6


sa eva bhagavan yuge turiye 'pi brahma-kule

jayamanah sarva upanisadah uddidirsuh

sarvani dharma-astrani vistarayisnuh sarvan

api janan santarayisnuh sarvan api vaisnavan

dharman vijrimbhayan sarvan api pasandan nicakhana



Translation

In the Kali-yuga, Supreme Lord will appear in a brahmana's family. He will
teach the message of the Upanisads and the dharma-sastras. He will defeat the atheists
and offenders and He will establish the truth of Vaisnava-dharma.











Mundaka Upanisad 3.1.3 of Atharva Veda




yada pasyah pasyate rukma-varnam

kartaram isam purusam brahma-yonim



Translation

One who sees that golden-colored Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Lord,
the supreme actor, who is the source of the Supreme Brahman, is liberated.











Purusa-bodhini Upanisad of Atharva Veda




saptame gaura-varna-visnor ity

anena sva-saktya caikyam etya

prantepratar avatirya saha

svaih sva-manum siksayati



Translation

In the seventh manvantara, in the beginning of the Kali-yuga, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead accompanied by His own associates, will descend in a golden
form to the earth. He will teach the chanting of His own holy names.











Svetasvatara Upanisad 3.12 of Yajur Veda






mahan prabhur vai purusah

sattvasyaisa pravartakah

sunirmalam imam praptim

isano jyotir avyayah





Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Mahaprabhu [Lord Caitanya], who
disseminates transcendental enlightenment. Just to be in touch with Him is to be in
contact with the indestructible brahmajyoti.













Smrti:




Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.38




ittham nr-tiryag-rsi-deva jhasavatarair

lokan vibhavayasi hamsi jagat pratipan

dharmam maha-purusa pasi yuganuvrttam

channah kalau yad abhavas tri-yugo 'tha sa tvam



Translation

In this way, my Lord, You appear in various incarnations as a human being, an
animal, a great saint, a demigod, a fish or a tortoise, thus maintaining the entire
creation in different planetary systems and killing the demoniac principles. According
to the age, O my Lord, You protect the principles of religion. In the age of Kali,
however, You do not assert Yourself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and
therefore You are known as Triyuga, or the Lord who appears in three yugas.,

{Prahlada Maharaja speaks to Lord Nrsimhadeva}











Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.8.13




asan varnas trayo hy asya

grhnato 'nuyugam tanuh

suklo raktas tatha pita

idanim krsnatam gatah



Translation

This boy [Krsna] has three other colors - white, red and yellow - as He appears in
different ages. Now He has appeared in a transcendental blackish color.

{Gargamuni speaks to Nanda Maharaja}











Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.32




krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam

sangopangastra-parsadam

yajnaih sankirtana-prayair

yajanti hi su-medhasah



Translation

In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to
worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krsna.
Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krsna Himself. He is accompanied by
His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.

{Karabhajana Muni speaks to King Nimi}











Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.33




dhyeyam sada paribhava-ghnam abhista-doham

tirthaspadam siva-virinci-nutam saranyam

bhrtyarti-ham pranata-pala bhavabdhi-potam

vande maha-purusa te caranaravindam



Translation

My dear Lord, You are the Maha-purusa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
and I worship Your lotus feet, which are the only eternal object of meditation. Those
feet destroy the embarrassing conditions of material life and freely award the greatest
desire of the soul, the attainment of pure love of Godhead. My dear Lord, Your lotus
feet are the shelter of all holy places and of all saintly authorities in the line of
devotional service and are honored by powerful demigods like Lord Siva and Lord
Brahma. My Lord, You are so kind that You willingly protect all those who simply
bow down to You with respect, and thus You mercifully relieve all the distress of
Your servants. In conclusion, my Lord, Your lotus feet are actually the suitable boat
for crossing over the ocean of birth and death, and therefore even Lord Brahma and
Lord Siva seek shelter at Your lotus feet.











Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.34




tyaktva su-dustyaja-surepsita-rajya-laksmim

dharmistha arya-vacasa yad agad aranyam

maya-mrgam dayitayepsitam anvadhavad

vande maha-purusa te caranaravindam



Translation

O Mahapurusa, I worship Your lotus feet. You gave up the association of the
goddess of fortune and all her opulence, which is most difficult to renounce and is
hankered after by even the great demigods. Being the most faithful follower of the
path of religion, You thus left for the forest in obedience to a brahmana's curse. Out of
sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned souls, who are always in
pursuit of the false enjoyment of illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching
out Your own desired object, Lord Syamasundara.











Agni Purana




prasantatma lamba-kanthas

gaurangas ca suravrtah



Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead will come in a golden form, full of peace,
and a beautiful long neck. He will be surrounded by many saintly devotees.











Bhavisya Purana






anadasru-kala-roma

harsa-purnam tapo-dhana

sarve mam eva draksyanti

kalau sannyasa-rupinam



Translation

O sage whose wealth is austerity, in the Kali-yuga everyone will see My form as
a sannyasi, a form filled with tears of bliss and bodily hairs standing erect.











Brahma Purana




kaleh prathama-sandhyayam

gaurango 'ham mahi-tale

bhagirathi-tate bhumni

bhavisyami sanatanah



Translation

In the first sandhya of the Kali-yuga I will reveal My eternal golden form by the
Ganges' shore on the earth.











Devi Purana




nama-siddhanta-sampati

prakasana-parayanah

kvacit sri-krsna-caitanya

nama loke bhavisyati



Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead will again appear in this world. His name
will be Sri Krsna Caitanya and He will spread the chanting of the Lord's holy names.











Garuda Purana




yad gopi-kuca-kumbha-sambhrama-bhara-

rambhena samvardhitah yad va gopa-kumara-

sara-kalaya range subhandi-krtam yad

vrndavana-kanane pravilasac chridama-

damadibhis tat prema-pradatam cakara

bhagavan caitanya-rupah prabhuh



Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who enjoyed glorious pastimes with
Sridama, Dama, and other gopa boys in Vrndavana forest, and Whose eyes glanced at
the gopis' breasts, will again come to this world to reveal the nature of pure spiritual
love. At that time His name will be Caitanya.









yo reme saha-ballavi ramayate vrndavane

'har-nisam yah kamsam nijaghana kaurava-

rane yah pandavanam sakha so 'yam vainava-

danda-mandita-bhutah sannyasa-vesah sva-

yam nihsandedham upagatah ksiti-tale

caitanya-rupah prabhuh



Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who enjoyed pastimes with the gopis,
Who day and night filled the people of Vrndavana with happiness, Who killed Kamsa,
and Who in the war between the Kauravas made friendship with the Pandavas, will
come again to the earth. Of this there is no doubt. His arm decorated with a bamboo
danda, He will be a sannyasi and his name will be Caitanya.









kalina dahyamananam

paritranaya tanu-bhrtam

janma prathama-sandhyayam

karisyami dvijatisu



Translation

To deliver the conditioned souls burning in the trouble of Kali-yuga, in the first
sandhya of that age I will take birth among the Brahmanas.









aham purno bhavisyami

yuga-sandhau visesatah

mayapure navadvipe

bhavisyami saci-sutah



Translation

In My original spiritual form, perfect and complete, I will become the son of
Sacidevi in Navadvipa-Mayapura at the beginning of Kali-yuga.









kaleh prathama-sandhyayam

laksmi-kanto bhavisyati

daru-brahma-samipa-sthah

sannyasi gaura-vigrahah



Translation

In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will
assume a golden form. First He will be the husband of Laksmi, and then He will be a
sannyasi who stays near Lord Jagannatha at Puri.











Kurma Purana




kalina dahyamanam

uddhararaya tanu-bhrtam

janma prathama sandhyayam

bhavisyati dvijalaye



Translation

The Supreme Person will appear in the first part of the age of Kali. He will
appear in the home of a brahmana, to save the embodied conditioned souls burning in
the troubles of Kali-yuga.











Mahabharata, Dana-dharma-parva ch. 189




suvarna-varno hemango

varangas candanangadi

sannyasa-krc chamah santo

nistha-santi-parayanah



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
equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest abode of peace and devotion, for He
silences the impersonalist nondevotees.

{Vaisampayana Muni speaks}











Markandeya Purana




golokam ca parityajya

lokanam trana-karanat

kalau gauranga-rupena

lila-lavanya-vigrahah



Translation

In the Kali-yuga, I will leave Goloka and to save the people of the world, I will
become the handsome and playful Lord Gauranga.











Matsya Purana




mundo gaurah su-dirghangas

tri-srotas-tira-sambhavah

dayaluh kirtana-grahi

bhavisyami kalau-yuge



Translation

In the age of Kali, I shall advent where the three rivers meet. I shall have a
shaven head. I shall have a golden complexion. I will be very kind and always chant
the holy name of Krsna.











Narada-pancaratra, Bala-Krsna- sahasra-nama-stotra




bhakti-priyo bhakti-data, damodara ibhas-patih

indra-darpa-haro 'nanto, nityananda-cid-atmakah



Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known by the names Bhakti-priya,
Bhakti-data, Damodara, Ibhas-pati, Indra-darpa-hara, Ananta, Nityananda-cid-atmaka.











Narada Purana




divija bhuvi jayadhvam

jayadhvam bhakta-rupinah

kalau sankirtanarambhe

bhavisyami saci-sutah



Translation

O divija (demigods), please come and advent as devotees on this earth in the age
of Kali. I will incarnate as the son of Saci to inaugurate the congregational chanting of
the name of Krsna.









aham eva kalau vipra (or dvijasresthah)

nityam pracchanna-vigrahah

bhagavad-bhakta-rupena

lokam raksami sarvada



Translation

O brahmana, in the age of Kali I will appear disguised as a devotee of the Lord
and I will deliver all the worlds. O demigods, in the Kali-yuga please take birth as
devotees on the earth. I will appear as the son of Saci in the Kali-yuga to start the
sankirtana movement.











Nrsimha Purana




satye daitya-kuladhi-nasa-samaye simhor-

dhva-martyakrtis trtayam dasa-kandharam

paribhavan rameti namakrtih gopalan

paripalayan vraja-pure bharam haran

dvapare gaurangah priya-kirtanah kali-yuge

caitanya-nama prabhuh



Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who in the Satya-yuga appeared as a half-
man half-lion to cure a terrible disease that has ravaged the daityas, and Who in Treta-
yuga appeared as a person named Rama, a person who defeated the ten-headed demon
Ravana, and Who in the Dvapara-yuga removed the earth's burden and protected the
gopa people of Vraja-pura, will appear again in the Kali-yuga. His form will be
golden, He will delight in chanting the Lord's holy names, and His name will
Caitanya.











Padma Purana




kaleh prathama-sandhyayam

gaurango 'ham mahi-tale

bhagirathi-tate ramye

bhavisyami saci-sutah



Translation

In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga I will appear on the earth in a beautiful place by
the Ganges' shore. I will be the son of Sacidevi and My complexion will be golden.









yatra yogesvarah saksad

yogi-cintyo janardanah

caitanya-vapur aste vai

sandranandatmakah prabhuh



Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who is filled with bliss, Who rescues the
devotees from a host of calamities, and Who is the master of yoga and the object of
the yogis' meditation, will appear in His transcendental form and will be known by the
name Caitanya.











Skanda Purana




antah-krsno bahir-gaurah

sangopangastra-parsadah

sacigarbhe samapna yat

maya-manusa-karma-krt



Translation

Inside black and outside golden and accompanied by His associates and
weapons, I shall appear in the womb of Saci. I will seemingly act as a human being
because of the cover of My maya potency.











Vamana Purana




kali-ghora-tamascchannan

sarvan acara-varjitan

saci garbhe ca sambhuya

tarayisyami narada



Translation

O Narada, appearing from the womb of Sacidevi [an incarnation of Krsna's
mother Yasoda], I shall deliver the people of Kali-yuga, who will be covered by deep
ignorance and thus devoid of good behavior.











Varaha Purana




aham eva dvija-srestho

lila-pracurya-vigrahah

bhagavad-bhakta-rupena

lokan raksami sarvada



Translation

I shall come as the best of the brahmanas. I will exhibit many pastimes in the
form of a devotee. I shall deliver the people of the world.











Vayu Purana




mundo gaurah sudirghangas

trisrotastira-sambhavah

dayaluh kirtanagrahi

bhavisyami kalau yuge

kalau sankirtanarambhe

bhavisyami saci-sutah



Translation

In Kali-yuga I shall appear in a golden form with shaved head and a tall body. I
shall be merciful to people engaged in sankirtana on the bank of the River Ganges.
When the sankirtana movement is inaugurated, I shall descend as the son of Sacidevi.









suddho gaurah-su-dirghango

ganga-tira-samudbhavah

dayaluh-kirtana-grahi

bhavisyami kalau yuge



Translation

In the age of Kali-yuga, I shall come in a place on the bank of the Ganges. I will
be very pure, have a fair complexion, and be very tall and chant the holy names of
Krsna.









paurnamasyam phalgunasya

phalguni-rksa-yogatah

bhavisye gaura-rupena

saci-garbhe purandarat



svarnadi-tiram asthaya

navadvipe janasraye

tatra dvija-kulam prapto

bhavisyami janalaye



bhakti-yoga-pradanaya

lokasyanugrahaya ca

sannyasa-rupam asthaya

krsna-caitanya-nama-dhrk



tena lokasya nistaras

tat kurudhvam mamajnaya

dharitri bhavita cabhir

mayaiva dvija-dehina



Translation

I shall advent in the month of Phalguna, when the star Phalguni is conjoined with
the full moon. I shall incarnate in a golden complexion in the womb of Saci and
Purandara Misra.



I will be born in the city of Navadvipa, on the Ganges' shore, in a brahmana's
family. I shall take the renounced order of life [sannyasa] and show kindness to the
people in general and engage them in Bhakti. I will be known as Sri Krsna Caitanya.



All of you should follow My order and deliver the people of the world. I shall
appear as a brahmana. I shall make this earth fearless.











an Upapurana




aham eva kvacid-brahman

sannyasa-asrama-asritah

haribhaktim grahayami

kalau papa-hatan-naran



Translation

I, the Supreme Brahman, sometimes appear as a sannyasi. I am preaching the
Hari-bhakti which destroys the sins of people in Kali-yuga.
















Ananta-samhita:




svarnadi-tiram asritya

navadvipe dvijalaye

sampradatum bhakti-yogam

lokasyanugrahaya ca



sa eva bhagavan krsno

radhika-prana-vallabhah

srsty-adau sa jagannatho

gaura asin mahesvari



avatirno bhavisyami

kalau-nija-ganaih saha

saci-garbhe navadvipe

svardhuni-parivarite



aprakasyam idam guhyam

na prakasyam bahir-mukhe

bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam

bhaktam bhakti-pradam svayam



man-maya-mohitah kecin

na jnasyanto bahir-mukhah

jnasyanti mad-bhakti-yuktah

sadhavo-nyasinotmalah



krsnavatara-kale-yah

striyo ye purusah priyah

kalau te 'vatarisyanti

sridama-subaladayah



catuh-sasti-mahantas te

gopa dvadasa balakah

dharma-samsthapanarthaya

viharisyami tair aham



kale nastam bhakti-patham

sthapayisyamy aham punah

gacchantu bhuvi te putrah

jayantam bhakta-rupinah

dharma-samsthapanam kale

kurvantu te mamajnaya



krsnas caitanya-gaurango

gauracandrah saci-sutah

prabhur gauro gaura-harir

namani-bhakti-dani me



Translation

To show mercy to the people and give them devotional service, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead will appear in a brahmana's home in Navadvipa by the
Ganges' shore. The Supreme Person, Sri Krsna Himself, who is the life of Srimati
Radharani, and is the Lord of the universe in creation, maintenance, and annihilation,
appears as Gaura, O Mahesvari.



In Kali-yuga, I will descend to the earth with My associates. In Navadvipa,
which is surrounded by the Ganges, I will take birth in Sacidevi's womb.



They who are bewildered by My illusory potency will not understand the great
secret of the appearance in this world of Me in My personal form, in My form as the
incarnation of devotion, in My form as the incarnation of a devotee, in My form
bearing the name of a devotee, in My form as a devotee, and in My form as the giver
of devotional service.



This secret is not to be revealed to them. Only the saintly, pure, renounced
devotees, diligently engaged in My devotional service, will be able to understand Me
in these five forms.



My dear male and female associates, headed by Sridama and Subala, who came
to this world at the time of My advent as Lord Krsna, will come again during the Kali-
yuga.



The gopas will become the sixty-four mahantas and the twelve gopalas. To
establish the truth of religion, I will enjoy many pastimes with them.



In this way I will again reveal the path of devotional service, which has been
destroyed in the course of time. My sons should also descend to the earth, assume the
forms of devotees, and, by My order, also work to re-establish the principles of true
religion.



At this time My names will be: Krsna Caitanya, Gauranga, Gauracandra,
Sacisuta, Mahaprabhu, Gaura and Gaurahari. Chanting these names will bring
devotion to Me.









gauri sri-radhika devi

harih krsna prakirtitah

ekatvac ca tayoh saksad

iti gaura-harim viduh



Translation

The golden Goddess Radha is known by the name Gauri and the dark Lord Krsna
is known by the name Hari. Aware that both of them have combined, the wise call
Him as Gaurahari."









navadvipe tu tah sakhyo

bhakta-rupa-dharah priye

ekangam sri-gaura-harim

sevante satatam muda



Translation

"O beloved, assuming the forms of devotees the gopis will also take birth in
Navadvipa. With great happiness they will again and again serve Lord Gaurahari, who
is Radha and Krsna combined in a single form."









sri-mahadeva uvaca

gaurangam sac-cid-anandam, sarva-karana-karanam

vaca gadgadayanantam, tustava dharani-dharah



Translation

Lord Anantadeva, the upholder of the whole universe then with a chocked voice
full of ecstasy tried to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Gauranga
Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Cause of all Causes who possesses a transcendental eternal
form of truth, knowledge and bliss.









vrndavane navadvipe, bheda-buddhis ca yo narah

tam eva radhika-krsne, sri-gaurange paratmani

mac-chala-pata-nirbhinna-dehah so 'pi naradhamah

pacyate narake ghore, yavad ahuta-samplavam



Translation

Lord Shiva said: "With my trident I will cut into pieces anyone who thinks that
Vrindavana and Navadvipa are different, or that Radha-Krsna and Gauranga are
different, or that Lord Gauranga is not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a
person is most degraded among human beings. He or she will burn in a terrible hell
until the time when the universe is flooded with water."









vistaran me nigaditah, sruto yah krsna isvarah

visvadau gaura-kantitvat, gaurangam vaisnavah viduh



Translation

Please hear attentively, I will describe in detail this most confidential secret. The
Supreme Isvara or Controller Lord Krishna who is the origin of everything is known
and worshiped by the learned Vaishnava devotees as Lord Gauranga, when He
accepts the golden complexion of Srimati Radhika.









paratmane namas tasmai, sarva-karana-hetave

adi-devaya gauraya, sac-cid-ananda-rupine



Translation

I offer my prostrated obeisances to Adideva, the Supreme Lord Sri Gauranga
Mahaprabhu who is the ultimate and original cause of all causes, the Paratma or
Supersoul of all living entities and who possesses a transcendental eternal form of
truth, knowledge and bliss.









gopi-sangam na capnoti, sri-gaura-caranad rte

tasmat tvam sarva-bhavena, sri-gauram bhaja sarvada



Translation

And to achieve the service and association of the gopis of Vrindavana the only
way is to worship the lotus feet of Lord Gauranga and chant His name. Therefore
Parvati, you should worship Lord Gauranga and chant His name constantly and with
sarva-bhava, full surrender, giving everything to Him.









gauranga-caranambhoja-makaranda-madhuvratah

sadhanena vina radham, krsnam prapsyanti niscitam



Translation

The person who is like a transcendental honeybee relishing the supreme
ambrosial nectar (makaranda) emanating from the divine lotus feet of Lord Gauranga
Mahaprabhu will most certainly without a doubt attain Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha
Krishna even without performing any sadhana-bhakti practice of bhakti-yoga.









radhika-vallabhah krsno, bhaktanam priya-kamyaya

srimad-gauranga-rupena, navadvipe virajate



Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Krishna who is most dear to His
Supreme consort Srimati Radharani is situated in Navadvipa in His transcendental
combined form of Srimad Gauranga to fulfil the innermost desires of His most
intimate devotees.



End of Ananta-samhita quotes













Brahma-yamala tantra




athavaham dhara-dhamni

bhutva mad-bhakta-rupa-dhrk

mayayam ca bhavisyami

kalau sankirtanagame



Translation

Sometimes I personally appear on the surface of the world in the garb of a
devotee. Specifically, I appear as the son of Saci in Kali-yuga to start the sankirtana
movement.









gaurangam gaura-diptangam

pathet stotram krtanjalih

nanda-gopa-sutam caiva

namasyami gadagrajam



Translation

With great devotion and folded hands, one should recite the following prayer
before Lord Gauranga, whose limbs are as effulgent as molten gold: 'I offer my
respectful obeisances to Lord Gauranga-Krsna, the son of the Nanda Maharaja and the
elder brother of Gada.









kalau prathama-sandhyayam

hari-nama-pradayakah

bhavisyati navadvipe

saci-garbhe janardanah



Translation

In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, Lord Krsna will appear in Navadvipa, in
Sacidevi's womb. In that incarnation He will teach the chanting of Lord Hari's holy
names.











Jaimini-bharata




anyavatara bahavah

sarve sadharana matah

kalau krsnavataras tu

gudhah sannyasa-vesa-dhrk



Translation

Lord Krsna descends to the world in many different forms. However in Kali-
yuga, His incarnation is hidden. At that time He appears disguised as a sannyasi.











Kapila tantra




kvacit sapi krsnam aha

srnu mad-vacanam priya

bhavata ca sahaikatmyam

icchami bhavitum prabho



mama bhavanvitam rupam

hrdayahlada-karanam

parasparanga-madhya-stham

krida-kautuka-mangalam



paraspara-svabhavadhyam

rupam ekam pradarsaya

srutva tu preyasi-vakyam

parama-priti-sucakam



svecchayasid yatha purvam

utsahena jagad-guruh

premalingana-yogena

hy acintya-sakti-yogatah



radha-bhava-kanti-yuktam

murtim ekam prakasayan

svapne tu darsayam asa

radhikayai svayam prabhuh



Translation

Then Sri Radha said to Lord Krsna: 'O beloved, please hear My words. I yearn to
become one with you. Please show a form where You and I embrace and Our two
bodies become one, a form filled with the love I bear for You, a form filled with
auspicious and blissful pastimes, a form that brings bliss to the heart, a form that
unites Our two natures.'



Hearing His beloved's words, which were filled with joy and love, Lord Krsna
passionately embraced Her. Then by the touch of His inconceivable potency Their
two forms joined and became one, a single form endowed with Sri Radha's divine
love and glorious splendor. In a dream Lord Krsna showed all this to Sri Radha.











Krsna-yamala tantra




aham purno bhavisyami

yuga-sandhau visesatah

mayapure navadvipe

varam ekam saci-sutah



Translation

During the first sandhya of Kali-yuga I will descend, with all My powers and
glories, to Mayapura in Navadvipa and become the son of Sacidevi.









punya-ksetre navadvipe

bhavisyami saci-sutah



Translation

I shall appear in the holy land of Navadvipa as the son of Sacidevi.









iti matva krpa-sindhur

amsena krpaya harih

prasanno bhakta-rupena

kalav avatarisyati



Translation

Thinking in this way, Lord Krsna, who is an ocean of mercy, mercifully decided
to appear as a devotee in Kali-yuga.









gauranga nada gambhirah

svanamamrta lalasah

dayaluh kirtana grahi

bhavisyati saci-sutah



Translation

Merciful Lord Gauranga, who has a deep voice, will appear as the son of
Sacidevi. He is eager to taste the nectar of His own names and thus engages in
chanting them. {Krsna-yamala tantra 64}









matva tvanmayam atmanam

pathan dvayaksaram ucyate

gata trapo madonmatto

gaja vad vicarisyati



Translation

He (Krsna) will consider Himself as You (Radha). In this mood He will loudly
recite two syllables, krs-na, and being shamelessly intoxicated He will wander like an
elephant. {Krsna-yamala tantra 65}









bhuvani prapte tu govindas

caitanyakhyo bhavisyati

ansena bhuvi yasyanti

tatra tat purvaparsada



Translation

When Lord Govinda appears on earth, He will be known as Caitanya. At that
time His associates also appear on earth in their expansions. (Krsna-yamala tantra 66)











Urdhvamnaya tantra




kalau purandarat sacyam

gaura-rupo vibhu smrtah



Translation

In Kali-yuga I will appear in a golden form as the son of Purandara and Sacidevi.









navadvipa-samam sthanam

sri-gauranga-samah prabhuh

krsna-prema-sama praptir

nasti durge kadacana



Translation

O Durga, no place in the creation is equal to Navadvipa, no master is as merciful
as Lord Sri Gauranga, and no attainment in the whole world is equal to pure love for
Krsna.











Visnu-yamala tantra




krsna-caitanya-namna ye

kirttayanti sakrnnarah

nanaparadha-muktas te

punanti sakalam jagat



Translation

A person who even once chants the name of Krsna Caitanya becomes free from
all offenses and purifies the whole universe.











Yoga-vasistha




kaleh prathama-sandhyayam

gaurango 'sau mahi-tale

bhagirathi-tate ramye

bhavisyati sanatanah



Translation

In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, on the earth, by the beautiful shore of the
Ganges, the Lord will appear in His eternal golden form.
















**Other direct references are found in the Visvasara tantra, Kularnava tantra,
Brahma-rahasya, and Visnu-yamala. Besides these there are complete chapters about
Sri Caitanya's incarnation in the Vayu Purana and Bhavisya Purana, which are too
long to quote here. Also there is a text by the name Caitanya Upanisad within the
Atharva Veda, which explains the Lord's incarnation in Kali-yuga. I have not cited it
here, as it was rediscovered in recent times, so some people will reject its authenticity,
or at least its value as evidence.



Sri Caitanya's incarnation was a hidden incarnation, thus He buried references to
His appearance deep within the ocean of Vedic texts. His desire was that His disguise
would not be betrayed, so He made sure these references would remain hidden until
after His incarnation was complete. These texts were always present, but by the
inconceivable yoga-maya of the Lord, He covered His true identity even from the
Vedic scholars and panditas. Only the pure devotees understood His actual identity.