Nārāyaṇī (Mother of Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura)

That day Nityananda stayed in the house of Nārāyaṇī. And Nārāyaṇī, the pure chaste mother of Vedavyāsa (Vṛndāvana Dāsa Thakura), served the Vaiṣṇavas.
(Sri Navadvipa-Dhama-Mahatmya, Chapter 14)

Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita’s wife, Mālinī, is celebrated as an incarnation of the nurse Ambikā, who fed Lord Kṛṣṇa with her breast milk, and as already noted, his niece Nārāyaṇī, the mother of Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa, the author of Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, was the sister of Ambikā in kṛṣṇa-līlā.
(CC Adi 10.8 purport)

Thereafter the Lord charitably bestowed His benediction upon all His devotees. He gave the remnants of His food to Nārāyaṇī, showing her special respect.
(CC Adi 17.230)

I will induce everyone to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa and cry, including the King and his subjects. “Do not maintain the slightest doubt. I will show you now before your own eyes.” The Lord then looked at Śrīvāsa’s niece, a small girl named Nārāyaṇī, standing before Him. Even today Nārāyaṇī is known among Vaiṣṇavas as the recipient of Lord Caitanya’s remnants. Śrī Gaurāṅga, the Supersoul of all living entities, ordered her, “Nārāyaṇī, chant the name of Kṛṣṇa and cry.” That four-year-old child immediately acted like she was mad. She cried, chanted, “O Kṛṣṇa,” and forgot herself. Tears flowed from her eyes to the ground, making the area around her wet. Lord Viśvambhara smiled and said, “Now have your fears been dispelled?”
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa 2.319 – 2.326)

 

kṛṣṇa-līlā bhāgavate kahe veda-vyāsa
caitanya-līlāra vyāsa—vṛndāvana-dāsa
As Vyāsadeva has compiled all the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa has depicted the pastimes of Lord Caitanya.
(CC Adi 8.34)

vṛndāvana-dāsa kaila ‘caitanya-maṅgala’
yāṅhāra śravaṇe nāśe sarva amaṅgala
Thakura Vrndavana dasa has composed Sri Caitanya-mangala. Hearing this book annihilates all misfortune.
(CC Adi 8.35)

caitanya-nitāira yāte jāniye mahimā
yāte jāni kṛṣṇa-bhakti-siddhāntera sīmā
By reading Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala one can understand all the glories and truths of Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda and come to the ultimate conclusion of devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
(CC Adi 8.36)

In Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala [later known as Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata] Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has given the conclusion and essence of devotional service by quoting the authoritative statements of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
(CC Adi 8.37)

manuṣye racite nāre aiche grantha dhanya
vṛndāvana-dāsa-mukhe vaktā śrī-caitanya
The subject matter of this book is so sublime that it appears that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has personally spoken through the writings of Sri Vrndavana dasa Thakura.
(CC Adi 8.39)

I offer millions of obeisances unto the lotus feet of Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura. No one else could write such a wonderful book for the deliverance of all fallen souls.
(CC Adi 8.40)

nārāyaṇī—caitanyera ucchiṣṭa-bhājana
tāṅra garbhe janmilā śrī-dāsa-vṛndāvana
Nārāyaṇī eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was born of her womb.
(CC Adi 8.41)

tāṅra ki adbhuta caitanya-carita-varṇana
yāhāra śravaṇe śuddha kaila tri-bhuvana
What a wonderful description he has given of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya! Anyone in the three worlds who hears it is purified.
(CC Adi 8.42)

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