418 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 17
TEXT 311
fafes acer af afx ere |
Ta OF aieay Bel HATH AATF 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 StdATS ADicns arora |
wel ale’ MRA SoA Aa Ata Od2 Il
dekhi granthe bhagavate vyasera acara
kathd kahi' anuvdda kare vara vira
SYNONYMS
dekhi—| see; granthe—in the scripture; bhdgayate—in the Srimad-Bhégavatam;
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 Kesmadasa Kaviraja Gosvami wants to
follow in the footsteps of Sri Vyasadeva by recapitulating the seventeen chapters
of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta’s Adi-tild.
TEXT 313
BUS Sifhetrerra aia otfacwet acta |
eiery ofRCECH CFL AMALEAA’ I Ove I
