Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 14.9

kṣaṇe kṣaṇe anubhavi' ei dui-jana

sańkṣepe bāhulye karena kaḍacā-granthana

SYNONYMS

kṣaṇe kṣaṇe — moment by moment; anubhavi' — understanding; ei dui-jana — these two persons; sańkṣepe — in brief; bāhulye — elaborately; karena — do; kaḍacā-granthana — compiling the notebooks.

TRANSLATION

These two great personalities [Svarūpa Dāmodara and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī] recorded the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu moment by moment. They described these activities briefly as well as elaborately in their notebooks.

PURPORT

For future reference, we should remember that Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recorded the pastimes briefly, whereas Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī recorded them elaborately. These two great personalities simply recorded the facts; they did not create any descriptive literary embellishments.

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