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TEXT 222
ara yata grantha kaila, taha ke kare ganana
'madana-gopala-govindera seva'-prakasana
SYNONYMS
ara yataall other; granthabooks; kailacompiled; tahathat; ke kare gananawho can enumerate; madana-gopalathe Deity named Madana-mohana; govinderaof the Deity named Sri Govinda; sevaservice; prakasanaexhibition.
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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