Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Sri Raghunandan Goswami
The following verse gives Gaura's name in the eight cases of Sanskrit Grammar:
gaurah sac-caritamrtamrta-nidhir
gauram sadaiva stuve
gaurena prathitam rahasya-bhajanam
gauraya sarvam dade
gaurad asti krpalur atra na paro
gaurasya bhrtyo 'bhavam
gaure gauravam acarami bhagavan
gaura prabho raksa mam
(1) Gaurah — Gaura's ecstatic transcendental pastimes are like an ocean of nectar. (Gaura as the subject)
(2) Gauram — It is Lord Gaura who is eternally worshipable. (Gaura as the object)
(3) Gaurena — It is through Gaura that the confidential secrets of kåñëa-bhajana were revealed. (Gaura as the instrument of action)
(4) Gauraya — Unto Gaura everything should be given. (Gaura as the recipient of action)
(5) Gaurat — No one is more merciful than Gaura. (Gaura in a comparative sense)
(6) Gaurasya — I will become a servant of Gaura. (Gaura in a relationship)
(7) Gaure — I shall always act by investing all my pride in Gaura. (Gaura as the reservoir of a quality)
(8) Gaura — O Gaura! My Lord! Please protect me! (Gaura being addressed directly).
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