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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 7]
TEXT 133
শ্রীধরস্বামি-প্রসাদে ‘ভাগবত’ জানি । জগদ্গুরু শ্রীধরস্বামী ‘গুরু’ করি’ মানি ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
śrīdhara-svāmī-prasāde ‘bhāgavata’ jāni jagad-guru śrīdhara-svāmī ‘guru’ kari’ māni
SYNONYMS
śrīdhara-svāmī—of Śrīdhara Svāmī; prasāde—by the mercy; bhāgavata jāni—we can understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; jagat-guru—the spiritual master of the entire world; śrīdhara-svāmī—Śrīdhara Svāmī; guru kari’—as a spiritual master; māni—I accept.
TRANSLATION
“Śrīdhara Svāmī is the spiritual master of the entire world because by his mercy we can understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. I therefore accept him as a spiritual master.”
TEXT 134
শ্রীধর-উপরে গর্বে যে কিছু লিখিবে । ‘অর্থব্যস্ত’ লিখন সেই, লোকে না মানিবে ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
śrīdhara-upare garve ye kichu likhibe ‘artha-vyasta’ likhana sei, loke nā mānibe
SYNONYMS
śrīdhara-upare—above Śrīdhara Svāmī; garve—in false pride; ye kichu likhibe—whatever you write; artha-vyasta—the opposite meaning; likhana sei—such writing; loke nā mānibe—no one will care about it.
TRANSLATION
“Whatever you might write due to false pride, trying to surpass Śrīdhara Svāmī, would carry a contrary purport. Therefore no one would pay attention to it.”
PURPORT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam has many ṭīkās, or commentaries, following the paramparā system, but Śrīdhāra Svāmī’s is first. The commentaries of all the other ācāryas