Guest guest Posted June 4, 2005 Report Share Posted June 4, 2005 Hare Krishna, PAMHO,AGTSGM,AGTSP Kindly glorify the pastimes of srila Vrindavandasa thakura . His appearance day was on 3rd June your humble servant radhabhava gaur das Adi 17 TEXT 230 TEXT tabe ta' karila saba bhakte vara dana ucchista diya narayanira karila sammana TRANSLATION Thereafter the Lord charitably bestowed His benediction upon all His devotees. He gave the remnants of His food to Narayani, showing her special respect. PURPORT Narayani was a niece of Srivasa Thakura, and later she became the mother of Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura. In this connection the sahajiyas cite a malicious story that after eating the remnants of Lord Caitanya's food Narayani became pregnant and gave birth to Vrndavana dasa Thakura. The rascal sahajiyas may manufacture such false statements, but no one should believe them because they are motivated by enmity against the Vaisnavas. Adi 11 TEXT 55 TEXT bhagavate krsna-lila varnila vedavyasa caitanya-lilate vyasa--vrndavana dasa TRANSLATION Srila Vyasadeva described the pastimes of Krsna in Srimad-Bhagavatam. The Vyasa of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was Vrndavana dasa. PURPORT Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura was an incarnation of Vedavyasa and also a friendly cowherd boy named Kusumapida in krsna-lila. In other words, the author of Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura, the son of Srivasa Thakura's niece Narayani, was a combined incarnation of Vedavyasa and the cowherd boy Kusumapida. There is a descriptive statement by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in his commentary on Sri Caitanya-bhagavata giving the biographical details of the life of Vrndavana dasa Thakura. Adi 13 TEXT 48 TEXT caitanya-lilara vyasa,--dasa vrndavana madhura kariya lila karila racana TRANSLATION Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura, the authorized writer of the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is as good as Srila Vyasadeva. He has described the pastimes in such a way as to make them sweeter and sweeter. Antya 20 TEXT 82 TEXT nityananda-krpa-patra--vrndavana-dasa caitanya-lilaya tenho hayena `adi-vyasa' TRANSLATION Vrndavana dasa Thakura is Lord Nityananda's favorite devotee, and therefore he is the original Vyasadeva in describing the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. 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 Vrndavana 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-puja. Antya 20.83 TEXT 83 TEXT tanra age yadyapi saba lilara bhandara tathapi alpa varniya chadilena ara 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 described but a small portion. Antya 20 TEXT 87 TEXT caitanya-mangale iha likhiyache sthane-sthane satya kahena,--`age vyasa kariba varnane' TRANSLATION In the Caitanya-mangala, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has stated in many places the factual truth that in the future Vyasadeva will describe the Lord's pastimes elaborately. PURPORT The statement age vyasa kariba varnane is similar to a text in the Caitanya-bhagavata (Adi-khanda, 1.180) in which Vrndavana dasa Thakura says: sesa-khande caitanyera ananta vilasa vistariya varnite achena veda-vyasa "The unlimited pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will be described by Vyasadeva in the future." Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that these statements indicate that in the future, other representatives of Vyasadeva will elaborately describe Lord Caitanya's pastimes. The purport is that any pure devotee in the disciplic succession who describes the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is confirmed to be a representative of Vyasadeva. _________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Photos http://uk.photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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