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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.34
কৃষ্ণলীলা ভাগবতে কহে বেদব্যাস ।
চৈতন্য–লীলার ব্যাস—বৃন্দাবন–দাস ॥ ৩৪ ॥
kṛṣṇa-līlā bhāgavate kahe veda-vyāsa
caitanya-līlāra vyāsa — vṛndāvana-dāsa
As Vyāsadeva has compiled all the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa has depicted the pastimes of Lord Caitanya.
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Vyāsadeva compiled all the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa depicted the pastimes of Lord Caitanya.
The verse compares their work of recording the Lord’s pastimes.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Only those subjects which were not discussed by Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura in his Caitanya-bhāgavata have been taken up by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī to be depicted in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. In his very old age, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī went to Vṛndāvana, and by the order of Śrī Madana-mohanajī he wrote Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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How does this comparison help you appreciate Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa’s writing?
Read this translation slowly and recall which Lord’s pastimes each author recorded.
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