418 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 17

TEXT 311

fafes acer aft afy aye |
Bla CH aicmr wef AVA SPAT Noss I

likhita granthera yadi kari anuvada
tabe se granthera artha pajye asvada

SYNONYMS

likhita—written; granthera—of the scripture; yadi—if; kari—! do; anuvdda—
repetition; tabe—then; se granthera—of that scripture; artha—the meaning; Pd/iye—
I can get; dsvada—taste.
TRANSLATION

If | repeat what is already written, { may thus relish the purpose of this
scripture.

TEXT 312
Cafe ace Sttacs AicAsy Atora |
Sel als MAH FCA Ala Aa Os2 I
dekhi granthe bhagavate vyasera acara
kathd kahi' anuvdda kare vara vara

SYNONYMS

dekhi—| see; granthe—in the scripture; bhdgavate—in the Srimad-Bhdgavatam;
vydsera—of Srila Vyasadeva; dcdra—behavior; kathd—narration; kahi’—describing;
anuvada—repetition; kare—he does; vara vara—again and again.

TRANSLATION
We can see in the scripture Srimad-Bhagavatam the conduct of its author, Sri
Vyasadeva. After speaking the narration, he repeats it again and again.

PURPORT

At the end of Srimad-Bhdgavatem, in the Twelfth Canto, the Twelfth Chapter has
fifty-two verses in which Sri Krsna-dvaipayana Vedavyasa recapitulates Srimad-
Bhagovatam’s entire subject matter. Sri Kesnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami wants to
follow in the footsteps of Sri Vyasadeva by recapitulating the seventeen chapters
of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta’s Adi-Hld.

TEXT 313

BCS Sifh-rerta aia mfacHEM sta |
eles ofACPECH CFL “AMMA I Ore |
