Ādi 11.55

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TEXT

ভাগবতে কৃষ্ণলীলা বর্ণিলা বেদব্যাস ।
চৈতন্য-লীলাতে ব্যাস-বৃন্দাবন দাস ॥ ৫৫ ॥

bhagavate krsna-lila varnila vedavyasa

caitanya-lilate vyasa-vrndavana dasa

SYNONYMS

bhagavate-in the Srimad-Bhagavatam; krsna-lila-the pastimes of Lord Krsna; varnila-described; vedavyasa-Dvaipayana Vyasadeva; caitanya-lilate-in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya; vyasa-Vedavyasa; vrndavana dasa-Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura.

TRANSLATION

Srila Vyasadeva described the pastimes of Krsna in the 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.

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