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<div class="heading">If a previous ācārya has already written about something, there is no need to repeat it for personal sense gratification or to outdo the previous ācārya. Unless there is some definite improvement, one should not repeat.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 12.150|CC Madhya 12.150, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">This incident has been described in detail by Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura. Therefore I have described it only in brief.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>This is a matter of etiquette. If a previous ācārya has already written about something, there is no need to repeat it for personal sense gratification or to outdo the previous ācārya. Unless there is some definite improvement, one should not repeat.</p>
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