Ādi-līlā, Chapter 8
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TEXT 38
চৈতদ্ব্যমন্দ' শুনে যদি পাযশুী, যবন । সেহ মহাবৈষ্ণব হয় ততক্ষণ ॥ ৩৮ ॥
'caitanya-maṅgala' śune yadi pāṣaṇḍī, yavana seha mahā-vaiṣṇava haya tatakṣaṇa
SYNONYMS
caitanya-maṅgala —the book named  Caitanya-maṅgala ;  śune —anyone hears;  yadi —if;  pāṣaṇḍī —great atheist;  yavana —a disbeliever in the Vedic culture;  seha —he also;  mahā-vaiṣṇava —great devotee;  haya —becomes;  tatakṣaṇa —immediately.
TRANSLATION
If even a great atheist hears  Caitanya-maṅgala , he immediately becomes a great devotee.
TEXT 39
মন্মুষ্ট্যে রচিতে নারে ঐহে গ্রহ ধন্ম । বৃক্ষাবনদসি-মুখে বক্তা শ্রীচৈতদ্ব্য ॥ ৩৯ ॥
manuṣye racite nāre aiche grantha dhanya vṛndāvana-dāsa-mukhe vaktā śrī-caitanya
SYNONYMS
manuṣye —a human being;  racite —compiled;  nāre —cannot;  aiche —such;  grantha —book;  dhanya —so glorious;  vṛndāvana-dāsa —the author, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Thākura;  mukhe —from his mouth;  vaktā —speaker;  śrī-caitanya —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
TRANSLATION
The subject matter of this book is so sublime that it appears that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has personally spoken through the writings of Śrī Vṛndāvana dāsa Thākura.
PURPORT
Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī has written in his  Hari-bhakti-vilāsa :
avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇam pūtam hari-kathāmṛtam śravaṇam naiva kartavyam sarpocchiṣṭam yathā payaḥ
Transcendental literature that strictly follows the Vedic principles and the conclusion of the  Purāṇas  and  Pāñcarātrika-vidhi  can be written only by a pure devotee.