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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 13.16
প্রভুর যে শেষলীলা স্বরূপ–দামোদর ।
সূত্র করি’ গ্রন্থিলেন গ্রন্থের ভিতর ॥ ১৬ ॥
prabhura ye śeṣa-līlā svarūpa-dāmodara
sūtra kari’ granthilena granthera bhitara
His later pastimes [the madhya-līlā and antya-līlā] were recorded in the form of notes by His secretary, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, and thus kept within a book.
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His later pastimes, the madhya-līlā and antya-līlā, were recorded by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī served as His secretary.
He recorded these pastimes in the form of notes, which were kept within a book.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Within the Lord’s antya-līlā, the first six years of His sannyāsa life are called the madhya-līlā. During this time, Caitanya Mahāprabhu toured southern India, went to Vṛndāvana, returned from Vṛndāvana and preached the saṅkīrtana movement.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 13
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