Antya 4.222

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আর যত গ্রন্থ কৈলা, তাহা কে করে গণন ।
'মদনগোপাল-গোবিন্দের সেবা'-প্রকাশন ॥ ২২২ ॥

ara yata grantha kaila, taha ke kare ganana

'madana-gopala-govindera seva'-prakasana

SYNONYMS

ara yata-all other; grantha-books; kaila-compiled; taha-that; ke kare ganana-who can enumerate; madana-gopala-the Deity named Madana-mohana; govindera-of the Deity named Sri Govinda; seva-service; prakasana-exhibition.

TRANSLATION

Srila Sanatana Gosvami also compiled many other books. Who can enumerate them? The basic principle of all these books is to show us how to love Madana-mohana and Govindaji.

PURPORT

The Bhakti-ratnakara refers to the following books by Srila Sanatana Gosvami: (1) Brhad-bhagavatamrta, (2) Hari-bhakti-vilasa and his commentary known as Dig-darsini, (3) Lila-stava and (4) the commentary on the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam known as Vaisnava-tosani. Sanatana Gosvami compiled many, many books, all with the aim of describing how to serve the principal Deities of Vrndavana-Govinda and Madana-gopala. Later, other Deities were gradually established, and the importance of Vrndavana increased.

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