Vrindavana dasa thakura

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Hare Krishna,

 

PAMHO, AGTSP

 

Kindly glorify the pastimes of srila Vrindavandasa thakura on his appearance

day 3rd June

 

your servant in mission of srila prabhupada

 

Nandagopaldas

 

 

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.