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  "name":"Cc. Antya 4.222",
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  "label":"Text 222",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 4.222",
  "description":"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."

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Cc. Antya 4.222

Text

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) Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta, (2) Hari-bhakti-vilāsa and his commentary known as Dig-darśinī, (3) 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.