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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.82
নিত্যানন্দ-কৃপাপাত্র — বৃন্দাবন-দাস ।
চৈতন্যলীলায় তেঁহো হয়েন ‘আদিব্যাস’ ॥ ৮২ ॥
nityānanda-kṛpā-pātra — vṛndāvana-dāsa
caitanya-līlāya teṅho hayena ‘ādi-vyāsa’
Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura is Lord Nityānanda’s favorite devotee, and therefore he is the original Vyāsadeva in describing the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura is Lord Nityānanda’s favorite devotee. He is the original Vyāsadeva in describing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
Later writers who are pure devotees and follow his footsteps in describing the Lord’s pastimes are also to be considered like Vyāsa.
The bona fide spiritual master is called Vyāsa because he represents Vyāsa. Worshiping such a spiritual master’s birthday is called Vyāsa-pūjā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favorite”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does understanding the writer as a representative of Vyāsa affect my approach to reading?
Before reading today, pause to appreciate Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura’s service in describing the Lord’s pastimes.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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