Text 83] The Siksastaka Prayers 285

nitydnanda-krpa-patra — vrndavana-dasa
caitanya-lilaya tenho hayena ‘adi-vyasa’

SYNONYMS

nityananda—of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; krpa-patra—the favorite devotee;
vrndavana-dasa—Vrndavana dasa Thakura; caitanya-lilaya—in the pastimes of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tenho—He; hayena—is; ddi-vyésa—the _ original
Vyasadeva.

TRANSLATION

Vendavana dasa Thakura is Lord Nityananda’s favorite devotee, and
therefore he is the original Vyasadeva in describing the pastimes of Sri
Caitanya Mahdaprabhu.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that all writers after Vrndavana
dasa Thakura who are pure devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and who have
tried to describe the Lord's activities are to be considered like Vyasa. Srila
Vendavana dasa Thakura is the original Vyasadeva in describing caitanya-lila, and
all others who follow in his footsteps by describing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s
pastimes are also to be called Vyasadeva. The bona fide spiritual master is called
Vyasa because he is a representative of Vyasa. Worshiping the birthday of such a
spiritual master is called Vyasa-pija.

TEXT 83

Sta aicat Vola we Arena Spats |
wtih ae afin eifecra ala Io I

tanra age yadyapi saba lilara bhandara
tathapi alpa varniya chadilena dra

SYNONYMS
tanra 4ge—before him; yadyapi—although; saba—all; lildra—of the pastimes;
bhandara—full store; tathapi—still; alpa—very little; varniya—describing;
chadilena—he left; ara—the others.

TRANSLATION

Although Vrndavana dasa Thakura has within his jurisdiction the full store
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastimes, he has left aside most of them and de-
scribed but a small portion.
