Madhya 1.33
TEXT 33
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নানা শাস্ত্র আনি' কৈলা ভক্তিগ্রন্থ সার ।
মূঢ় অধমজনেরে তেঁহো করিলা নিস্তার ॥ ৩৩ ॥ nana sastra ani' kaila bhakti-grantha sara
mūḍha adhama-janere tehho karila nistara
SYNONYMS
nana sastra-different types of scriptures; ani'-collecting; kaila-compiled; bhakti-grantha-of books on devotional service; sara-the essence; mūḍha-rascals; adhama-janere-and fallen souls; tehho-they; karila nistara-delivered.
TRANSLATION
Both Rūpa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami brought various scriptures to Vrndavana and collected the essence of these by compiling many scriptures on devotional service. In this way they delivered all rascals and fallen souls.
PURPORT
Srila Srinivasa Acarya has sung:
nana-sastra-vicaranaika-nipunau sad-dharma-samsthapakau
lokanam hita-karinau tri-bhuvane manyau saranyakarau radha-krsna-padaravinda-bhajananandena mattalikau vande rūpa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau The six Gosvamis, under the direction of Srila Rūpa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami, studied various Vedic literatures and picked up the essence of them, the devotional service of the Lord. This means that all the Gosvamis wrote many scriptures on devotional service with the support of Vedic literature. Devotional service is not a sentimental activity. The essence of Vedic knowledge is devotional service, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita: vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ (Bg. 15.15). All the Vedic literature aims at understanding Krsna, and how to understand Krsna through devotional service has been explained by Srila Rūpa and Sanatana Gosvamis, with evidence from all Vedic literatures. They have put it so nicely that even a rascal or first-class fool can be delivered by devotional service under the guidance of the gosvamis.
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