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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 11.55

bhāgavate kṛṣṇa-līlā varṇilā vedavyāsa caitanya-līlāte vyāsa — vṛndāvana dāsa
[bhaagavate krishna-leelaa varnilaa vedavyaasa chaitanya-leelaate vyaasa — vrindaavana daasa]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhāgavate kṛṣṇa-līlā varṇilā vedavyāsa caitanya-līlāte vyāsa — vṛndāvana dāsa
Śrīla Vyāsadeva described the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The Vyāsa of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Vṛndāvana dāsa.

Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was an incarnation of Vedavyāsa and also a friendly cowherd boy named Kusumāpīḍa in kṛṣṇa-līlā. In other words, the author of Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, the son of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s niece Nārāyaṇī, was a combined incarnation of Vedavyāsa and the cowherd boy Kusumāpīḍa. There is a descriptive statement by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura in his commentary on Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata giving the biographical details of the life of Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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