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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
It is not possible for a common man to write books on  bhakti , for his writings will not be effective. He may be a very great scholar and expert in presenting literature in flowery language, but this is not at all helpful in understanding transcendental literature. Even if transcendental literature is written in faulty language, it is acceptable if it is written by a devotee, whereas so-called transcendental literature written by a mundane scholar, even if it is a very highly polished literary presentation, cannot be accepted. The secret in a devotee's writing is that when he writes about the pastimes of the Lord, the Lord helps him; he does not write himself. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te  (Bg. 10. 10). Since a devotee writes in service to the Lord, the Lord from within gives him so much intelligence that he sits down near the Lord and goes on writing books. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī confirms that what Vṛndāvana dāsa Thākura wrote was actually spoken by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he simply repeated it. The same holds true for  Caitanya-caritāmṛta . Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī wrote  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  in his old age in an invalid condition, but it is such a sublime literature that Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja used to say, "The time will come when the people of the world will learn Bengali to read  Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta ." We are trying to present  Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta  in English and do not know how successful it will be, but if one reads the original  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  in Bengali he will relish increasing ecstasy in devotional service.
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বৃন্দাবনদাস-পদে কোটি নমস্কার । 
    ঐছে গ্রন্থ করি’ তেঁছো তারিলা সংসার ॥ ৪০ ॥
vṛndāvana-dāsa-pade koṭi namaskāra 
    aiche grantha kari’ teṅho tārilā saṁsāra
SYNONYMS
vṛndāvana-dāsa-pade —on the lotus feet of Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Thākura;  koṭi —millions;  namaskāra —obeisances;  aiche —such;  grantha —book;  kari —compiling;  teṅho —he;  tārilā —delivered;  saṁsāra —all the world.
TRANSLATION
I offer millions of obeisances unto the lotus feet of Vṛndāvana dāsa Thākura. No one else could write such a wonderful book for the deliverance of all fallen souls.
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নারায়ণী – চৈতন্যের উচ্ছিষ্ট-ভাজন । 
    তাঁর গর্ভে জন্মিলা শ্রীদাস-বৃন্দাবন ॥ ৪১ ॥