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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.231
‘ষট্ সন্দর্ভে’ কৃষ্ণপ্রেম-তত্ত্ব প্রকাশিল ।
চারিলক্ষ গ্রন্থ তেঁহো বিস্তার করিল ॥ ২৩১ ॥
‘ṣaṭ sandarbhe’ kṛṣṇa-prema-tattva prakāśila
cāri-lakṣa grantha teṅho vistāra karila
In the Ṣaṭ-sandarbha Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī set forth the truths about transcendental love of Kṛṣṇa. In this way he expanded 400,000 verses in all his books.
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In the Ṣaṭ-sandarbha, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī set forth the truths about transcendental love of Kṛṣṇa.
His books contained 400,000 verses in all.
This extensive writing expanded his presentation of devotional teachings.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this way he completely retired and returned to Vṛndāvana to meet Sanātana Gosvāmī. After narrating these incidents, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has given a list of the main books of Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Jīva Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”
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What does Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī’s extensive writing inspire in your own study of devotion?
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