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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
vṛndāvana-dāsa —Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura;  nārāyaṇīra nandana —son of Nārāyaṇī;  caitanya-maṅgala —the book of the name  Caitanya-maṅgala ;  yeṅho —who;  karila —did;  racana —composition.
TRANSLATION
Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, the son of Śrīmatī Nārāyaṇī, composed Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala [later known as Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata].
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ভাগবতে কৃষ্ণলীলা বর্ণিলা বেদব্যাস ।  
 চৈত্য-লীলাতে ব্যাস—বৃন্দাবন দ্বাস ॥ ৫৫ ॥
bhāgavate kṛṣṇa-līlā varṇilā vedavyāsa  
 caitanya-līlāte vyāsa—vṛndāvana dāsa
SYNONYMS
bhāgavate —in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ;  kṛṣṇa-līlā —the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  varṇilā —described;  vedavyāsa —Dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva;  caitanya-līlāte —in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya;  vyāsa —Vedavyāsa;  vṛndāvana dāsa —Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Vyāsadeva described the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The Vyāsa of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Vṛndāvana dāsa.
PURPORT
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was an incarnation of Vedavyāsa and also a friendly cowherd boy named Kusumāpīḍa in  kṛṣṇa-līlā . In other words, the author of  Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata , Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, the son of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura's niece Nārāyaṇī, was a combined incarnation of Vedavyāsa and the cowherd boy Kusumāpīḍa. There is a descriptive statement by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura in his commentary on  Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata  giving the biographical details of the life of Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.
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সর্বগাখা-শ্রেষ্ঠ বীরভদ্র গোসাঞ্জি ।  
 তাঁর উপগাখা যত, তার অন্ত নাই ॥ ৫৬ ॥
sarvaśākhā-śreṣṭha vīrabhadra gosāñi  
 tāṅra upaśākhā yata, tāra anta nāi