caitanya-lÄ«lÄ-ratna-sÄra, svarÅ«pera bhÄṇá¸Ära,
teá¹…ho thuilÄ raghunÄthera kaṇá¹he
tÄhÄá¹… kichu ye Å›uniluá¹…, tÄhÄ ihÄá¹… vistÄriluá¹…,
bhakta-gaṇe diluá¹… ei bheá¹e
caitanya-lÄ«lÄ - the pastimes of Lord Caitanya; ratna-sÄra - the topmost jewel; svarÅ«pera - of SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara; bhÄṇá¸Ära - of the storehouse; teá¹…ho - he; thuilÄ - kept; raghunÄthera kaṇá¹he - in the throat of RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ«; tÄhÄá¹… - there; kichu ye - whatever little; Å›uniluá¹… - I have heard; tÄhÄ - that only; ihÄá¹… - in this book; vistÄriluá¹… - I have described; bhakta-gaṇe - to the pure devotees; diluá¹… - I gave; ei - this; bheá¹e - presentation.
The pastimes of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu are the topmost of jewels. They have been kept in the storehouse of SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara GosvÄmÄ«, who has explained them to RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ«, who has repeated them to me. Whatever little I have heard from RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ« I have described in this book, which is presented to all devotees.
All the activities of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu were noted by His personal secretary SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara and repeated to RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ«, who memorized them. Whatever KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ« heard is recorded in ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta. This is called the paramparÄ system, from ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu to SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara to RaghunÄtha dÄsa GosvÄmÄ« to KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ«. KṛṣṇadÄsa KavirÄja GosvÄmÄ« has distributed this information in his book Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta. In other words, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta is the essence of the instruction given through the paramparÄ system of the disciplic succession stemming from ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu.
