190 Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta
It is not possible for a common man to write books on bhakti, for his writings will
not be effective. He may be a very great scholar and expert in presenting literature
in flowery language, but this is not at all helpful in understanding transcendental
literature. Even if transcendental literature is written in faulty language, it is ac-
ceptable if it is written by a devotee, whereas so-called transcendental literature
written by a mundane scholar, even if it isa very highly polished literary presenta-
tion, cannot be accepted. The secret in a devotee’s writing is that when he writes
about the pastimes of the Lord, the Lord helps him; he does not write himself. As
stated in Bhagavad-gita, dadami buddhi-yogam tam yena mam upayanti te (Bg. 10.
10). Since a devotee writes in service to the Lord, the Lord from within gives him
so much intelligence that he sits down near the Lord and goes on writing books.
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami confirms that what Vrndavana dasa Thakura wrote
was actually spoken by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and he simply repeated it. The
same holds true for Caitanya-caritamrta. Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami wrote Caitanya-
caritamrta in his old age in an invalid condition, but it is such a sublime literature
that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvamt Maharaja used to say, “The time will
come when the people of the world will learn Bengali to read Sri-Caitanya-
caritamrta.”’ We are trying to present Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta in English and do not
know how successful it will be, but if one reads the original Caitanya-caritamrta in
Bengali he will relish increasing ecstasy in devotional service.
TEXT 40

PUTA CBG TASHA |

Ace ame EH CScel Stren Atta | Bo A

vrndavana-dasa-pade koti namaskara

aiche grantha kari’ tenho tarila samsara

SYNONYMS
vrndavana-dasa-pade—on the lotus feet of Srila Vrndavana dasa [Thakura; Roti—
millions; namaskara—obeisances; aiche—such; grantha—book; kari’—compiling;
tenho—he; tarila—delivered; sarmsara—all the world.
TRANSLATION
| offer millions of obeisances unto the lotus feet of Vrndavana dasa Thakura. No
one else could write such a wonderful book for the deliverance of all fallen souls.
TEXT 41
aaa — coerce Bfige-otert |
Sta AS often Hern-yaraa ngs i
