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The Later Pastimes of Lord Caitanya
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সেই ভাগের ইহাঁ সুত্রমাত্র লিখিব । তাহাঁ যে বিশেষ কিছু, ইহাঁ বিস্তারিব ॥ ১২ ॥
tāra madhye yei bhāga dāsa-vṛndāvana 'caitanya-maṅgale' vistāri' karilā varṇana
sei bhāgera ihāṅ sūtra-mātra likhiba tāhāṅ ye viśeṣa kichu, ihāṅ vistāriba
SYNONYMS
tāra madhye—amongst them; yei—which; bhāga—portion; dāsa-vṛndāvana—Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura; caitanya-maṅgale—in his book Caitanya-maṅgala; vistāri'—elaborating; karilā varṇana—has described; sei bhāgera—of that portion; ihāṅ—here in this book; sūtra-mātra—the synopsis only; likhiba—I shall write; tāhāṅ—there; ye—whatever; viśeṣa—special details; kichu—something; ihāṅ vistāriba—I shall describe elaborately.
TRANSLATION
I shall describe only in synopsis that portion which Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has described very elaborately in his book Caitanya-maṅgala. Whatever incidents are outstanding, however, I shall later elaborate.
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চৈতন্যলীলার ব্যাস—দাস বৃদ্ধাবন । তাঁর আজ্ঞায় করেঁ তাঁর উচ্ছিষ্ট চর্বণ ॥ ১৩ ॥
caitanya-līlāra vyāsa—dāsa vṛndāvana tāṅra ājñāya karoṅ tāṅra ucchiṣṭa carvaṇa
SYNONYMS
caitanya-līlāra vyāsa—the Vyāsadeva, or compiler of the pastimes, of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; dāsa vṛndāvana—Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura; tāṅra—of him; ājñāya—upon the order; karoṅ—I do; tāṅra—his; ucchiṣṭa—of the remnants of foodstuff; carvaṇa—chewing.
TRANSLATION
Actually the authorized compiler of the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Śrīla dāsa Vṛndāvana, the incarnation of Vyāsadeva. Only upon his orders am I trying to chew the remnants of food that he has left.