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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 24]
Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Those who do not follow Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu cannot understand  Bhagavad-gītā  and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
TEXT 324
পুনঃ সনাতন কহে যুড়ি’ দুই করে । “প্রভু আজ্ঞা দিলা ‘বৈষ্ণবস্মৃতি’ করিবারে ॥ ৩২৪ ॥
punaḥ sanātana kahe yuḍi’ dui kare “prabhu ājñā dilā ‘vaiṣṇava-smṛti’ karibāre
SYNONYMS
punaḥ —again;  sanātana —Sanātana Gosvāmī;  kahe —says;  yuḍi’ dui kare —folding his two hands;  prabhu ājñā dilā —Your Lordship has ordered me;  vaiṣṇava-smṛti karibāre —to write a dictionary of Vaiṣṇava activities.
TRANSLATION
Folding his hands, Sanātana Gosvāmī said, “My Lord, You ordered me to write a directory about the activities of Vaiṣṇavas.
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মুঞি—নীচ-জাতি, কিছু না জানোঁ আচার । মো-হৈতে কৈছে হয় স্মৃতি-পরচার ॥ ৩২৫ ॥
muñi — nīca-jāti, kichu nā jānoṅ ācāra mo-haite kaiche haya smṛti-paracāra
SYNONYMS
muñi —I;  nīca-jāti —belong to a lower caste;  kichu —anything;  nā —not;  jānoṅ —I know;  ācāra —about proper behavior;  mo-haite —from me;  kaiche —how;  haya —there is;  smṛti-paracāra —propagation of the directions of Vaiṣṇava behavior.
TRANSLATION
“I am a most lowborn person. I have no knowledge of good behavior. How is it possible for me to write authorized directions about Vaiṣṇava activities?”
PURPORT
Actually Sanātana Gosvāmī belonged to a very respectable  brāhmaṇa  family. Nonetheless, he submitted himself as a fallen, lowborn person because he had