Adi-lila, Chapter 8 189

TEXT 38

COSRATeY VA Ale ATG, Faa |

CRE TEHLTHA FF TSW |) Ov I
‘caitanya-mangala’ sune yadi pasanadf, yavana
seha maha-vaisnava haya tataksana

SYNONYMS
caitanya-mangala—the book named Cajtanya-mangala; sune—anyone hears; yadi—
if; pasandi—great atheist; yavana—a disbeliever in the Vedic culture; seha—he also;
maha-vaisnava—great devotee; haya—becomes; tataksana— immediately.
TRANSLATION

If even a great atheist hears Caitanya-mangala, he immediately becomes a great
devotee.

TEXT 39

WICH ATS ATA ATE aE HD |
qaeaty-see Tei Dovey 11 ed 1

manusye racite nare aiche grantha dhanya
vrndavana-dasa-mukRhe vakta Sri-caitanya

SYNONYMS

manusye—a human being; racite—compiled; nare—cannot; aiche—such; grantha—
book; dhanya—so glorious; vrndavana-dasa—the author, Srila Vrndavana dasa
Thakura; mukhe—from his mouth; vakta—speaker; Sri-caitanya—Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

The subject matter of this book is so sublime that it appears that Sri Caitanya.
Mahaprabhu has personally spoken through the writings of Sri Vrndavana dasa
Thakura.

PURPORT
Srila Sanatana Gosvamt has written in his Hari-bhakti-vilasa:

avaisnava-mukhodgirnam putam hari-kathamrtam
Sravanam naiva kartavyam sarpocchistam yatha payah

Transcendental literature that strictly follows the Vedic principles and the con-
clusion of the Puranas and Paficaratrika-vidhi can be written only by a pure devotee.
