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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 2.84

caitanya-līlā-ratna-sāra, svarūpera bhāṇḍāra, teṅho thuilā raghunāthera kaṇṭhe tāhāṅ kichu ye śuniluṅ, tāhā ihāṅ vistāriluṅ, bhakta-gaṇe diluṅ ei bheṭe
[chaitanya-leelaa-ratna-saara, svaroopera bhaandaara, tenho thuilaa raghunaathera kanthe taahaan kichu ye shunilun, taahaa ihaan vistaarilun, bhakta-gane dilun ei bhete]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
caitanya-līlā-ratna-sāra, svarūpera bhāṇḍāra, teṅho thuilā raghunāthera kaṇṭhe tāhāṅ kichu ye śuniluṅ, tāhā ihāṅ vistāriluṅ, bhakta-gaṇe diluṅ ei bheṭe
The pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are the topmost of jewels. They have been kept in the storehouse of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, who has explained them to Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, who has repeated them to me. Whatever little I have heard from Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī I have described in this book, which is presented to all devotees.

All the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were noted by His personal secretary Svarūpa Dāmodara and repeated to Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, who memorized them. Whatever Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī heard is recorded in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. This is called the paramparā system, from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Svarūpa Dāmodara to Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to Kavirāja Gosvāmī. Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has distributed this information in his book Caitanya-caritāmṛta. In other words, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta is the essence of the instruction given through the paramparā system of the disciplic succession stemming from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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