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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TRANSLATION
By their mercy, all these devotees ordered me to write of the last pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Because of their order only, although I am shameless, I have attempted to write this Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
PURPORT
To write about the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of God-head is not an ordinary endeavor. Unless one is empowered by the higher authorities, or advanced devotees, one cannot write transcendental literature, for all such literature must be above suspicion, or, in other words, it must have none of the defects of conditioned souls, namely, mistakes, illusions, cheating and imperfect sense perceptions. The words of Kṛṣṇa and the discipline succession that carries the orders of Kṛṣṇa are actually authoritative. To be empowered to write transcendental literature is a privilege in which a writer can take great pride. As a humble Vaiṣṇava, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, being thus empowered, felt very much ashamed that it was he who was to narrate the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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বৈষ্ণবের আজ্ঞা পাঞ্জা চিন্তিত-অস্তরে ।
মদনগোপালে গেলাঙ আজ্ঞা মার্গিবারে ॥ ৭৩ ॥
vaiṣṇavera ājñā pāñā cintita-antare madana-gopāle gelāṅ ājñā māgibāre
SYNONYMS
vaiṣṇavera —of all the Vaiṣṇava devotees;  ājñā —order;  pāñā —receiving;  cintita-antare —anxiety within myself;  madana-gopāle —to the temple of Śrī Madana-mohana;  gelāṅ —I went;  ājñā —order;  māgibāre —to receive.
TRANSLATION
Having received the order of the Vaiṣṇavas but being anxious within my heart, I went to the temple of Madana-mohana in Vṛndāvana to ask His permission also.
PURPORT
A Vaiṣṇava always follows the order of  guru  and Kṛṣṇa.  Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta  was written by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī by their mercy. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī considered all the devotees that have been mentioned to be his preceptor  gurus  or spiritual masters, and Madana-gopāla (Śrī Madana-mohana  vigraha ) is Kṛṣṇa Himself. Thus he took permission from both of them, and when he received the mercy of both  guru  and Kṛṣṇa, he was able to write this great literature,  Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta . This example should be followed. Anyone who attempts to write about