Text 75] The Siksastaka Prayers 281

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qrataa-ai7t ciety ca ation after |
HAA Sera ath [at CHT V0 1

vrndavana-dasa prathama ye lila varnila
sei-saba lilara ami siitra-matra kaila

SYNONYMS

vrndavana-dasa —Vrndavana dasa Thakura; prathama—at first; ye—whatever;
lila—pastimes; varnila—described; sei-saba—all of those; lilara—of the pastimes;
ami—l; sitra-matra kaila—prepared only the synopsis.

TRANSLATION

Whatever pastimes Srila Vendavana dasa Thakura has first described | have
merely summarized.

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Sta SIs Hacaa’ wecwcrt BlSar |
Nea ateacas ore Salat atfwer ust

tara tyakta ‘avasesa’ sanksepe kahila
lilara bahulye grantha tathdpi badila

SYNONYMS

tarira—his; tyakta—left out; avesesa —remainders; sariksepe kahila—| have de-
scribed very briefly; lilara bahulye—because of the numerousness of the
pastimes; grantha—this book; tathapi—still; badila—has increased.

TRANSLATION

| have only very briefly described the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
not described by Vrndavana dasa Thakura. Nevertheless, because those tran-
scendental pastimes are so numerous, the size of this book has increased.

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BSA CAVA een ai ifs afetarca |
watfe afaa. Nace sia’ aaatca i 9c 1
