Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 4.222

āra yata grantha kailā, tāhā ke kare gaṇana

'madana-gopāla-govindera sevā'-prakāśana

SYNONYMS

āra yata — all other; grantha — books; kailā — compiled; tāhā — that; ke kare gaṇana — who can enumerate; madana-gopāla — the Deity named Madana-mohana; govindera — of the Deity named Śrī Govinda; sevā — service; prakāśana — exhibition.

TRANSLATION

Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī 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 Govindajī.

PURPORT

The Bhakti-ratnākara refers to the following books by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī: (1) the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta, (2) the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa and his commentary known as Dig-darśinī, (3) the Līlā-stava and (4) the commentary on the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam known as Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī. Sanātana Gosvāmī compiled many, many books, all with the aim of describing how to serve the principal Deities of Vṛndāvana — Govinda and Madana-gopāla. Later, other Deities were gradually established, and the importance of Vṛndāvana increased.

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