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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 14]
PURPORT
Besides Svarūpa Dāmodara and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, there were many others who also recorded Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's activities. Śrīla Bhakti-siddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura believes that the people of the world would benefit greatly if such notes were available. It is a most unfortunate situation for human society that none of these notebooks are still extant.
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ক্ষণে ক্ষণে অনুভবি’ এই দুইজন ।
সংক্ষেপে বাচ্ছল্যে করেন কড়চা-গ্রন্থন ॥ ৯ ॥
kṣaṇe kṣaṇe anubhavi’ ei dui-jana saṅkṣepe bāhulye karena kaḍacā-granthana
SYNONYMS
kṣaṇe kṣaṇe —moment by moment;  anubhavi’ —understanding;  ei dui-jana —these two persons;  saṅkṣepe —in brief;  bāhulye —elaborately;  karena —do;  kaḍacā-granthana —compiling the notebooks.
TRANSLATION
These two great personalities [Svarūpa Dāmodara and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī] recorded the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu moment by moment. They described these activities briefly as well as elaborately in their notebooks.
PURPORT
For future reference, we should remember that Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recorded the pastimes briefly, whereas Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī recorded them elaborately. These two great personalities simply recorded the facts; they did not create any descriptive literary embellishments.
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স্বরূপ—‘সূত্রকর্তা’, রঘুনাথ—‘বৃত্তিকার’ ।
তার বাচ্ছল্য বর্ণি—পাঁজি-টীকা-ব্যবহার ॥ ১০ ॥
svarūpa —‘sūtra-kartā’,  raghunātha —‘vṛttikāra’  tāra bāhulya varṇi —‘pāṅji-ṭikā-vyavahāra’