Adi-lila, Chapter 8 189
TEXT 38
CoewaaeyY wea aft ottael, Aaa |
CHE TELABS FF SSW || OW 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 |
Twaant-ace te Devs eo
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 Gosvami 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.
