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The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
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nityānanda-kṛpā-pātra—vṛndāvana-dāsa caitanya-līlāya teṅho hayena 'ādi-vyāsa'
SYNONYMS
nityānanda —of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu;  kṛpā-pātra —the favorite devotee;  vṛndāvana-dāsa —Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura;  caitanya-līlāya —in the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  teṅho —He;  hayena —is;  ādi-vyāsa —the original Vyāsadeva.
TRANSLATION
Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura is Lord Nityānanda's favorite devotee, and therefore he is the original Vyāsadeva in describing the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that all writers after Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura who are pure devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and who have tried to describe the Lord's activities are to be considered like Vyāsa. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura is the original Vyāsadeva in describing  caitanya-līlā , and all others who follow in his footsteps by describing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's pastimes are also to be called Vyāsadeva. The bona fide spiritual master is called Vyāsa because he is a representative of Vyāsa. Worshiping the birthday of such a spiritual master is called Vyāsa-pūjā.
TEXT 83
তাঁর আগে যন্ত্রপি সব লীলার ভাণ্ডার ।
তথাপি অল্প বর্ণিয়া ছাড়িলেন আর ॥ ৮৩ ॥
tāṅra āge yadyapi saba līlāra bhāṇḍāra tathāpi alpa varṇiyā chāḍilena āra
SYNONYMS
tāṅra āge —before him;  yadyapi —although;  saba —all;  līlāra —of the pastimes;  bhāṇḍāra —full store;  tathāpi —still;  alpa —very little;  varṇiyā —describing;  chāḍilena —he left;  āra —the others.
TRANSLATION
Although Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has within his jurisdiction the full store of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's pastimes, he has left aside most of them and described but a small portion.