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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.

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.