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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.35

হরিভক্তিবিলাস, আর ভাগবতামৃত ।

দশম-টিপ্পনী, আর দশম-চরিত ॥ ৩৫ ॥

hari-bhakti-vilāsa, āra bhāgavatāmṛta

daśama-ṭippanī, āra daśama-carita

Translation

Some of the books compiled by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī were the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta, Daśama-ṭippanī and Daśama-carita.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Careful Study Becomes Service Through Writing

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī thoroughly studied Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and explained it in his commentary, Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī.

  2. 2

    Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī spread throughout the world the knowledge they directly received from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    Sanātana Gosvāmī entrusted Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī for editing. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī edited it under the name Laghu-toṣaṇī.

Key points from the purport
  • In the First Wave of the book known as the Bhakti-ratnākara, it is said that Sanātana Gosvāmī understood Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by thorough study and explained it in his commentary known as Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī.
  • Sanātana Gosvāmī gave his Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī commentary to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī for editing, and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī edited this under the name of Laghu-toṣaṇī.
  • Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī completed the Laghu-toṣaṇī in the year Śakābda 1504 (A.D.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī. There is also a description of the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in the village known as Rāmakeli.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. hari-bhakti-vilāsathe scripture named Hari-bhakti-vilāsa
  2. āraand
  3. bhāgavatāmṛtathe scripture named Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta
  4. daśama-ṭippanīcomments on the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
  5. āraand
  6. daśama-caritapoetry about the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “hari-bhakti-vilāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the Gosvāmīs’ careful study encourage me to learn more attentively?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining how Sanātana Gosvāmī’s study became a service to others.

Live this todayCareful Study Becomes Service Through WritingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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