Text 35]
The Later Pastimes of Lord Caitanya
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edge.  Tac chraddadhānāḥ munayaḥ . Devotees who are actually serious attain  bhakti , scientific devotional service, by hearing Vedic literatures ( bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā ). It is not that one should create something out of sentimentality, become a  sahajiyā , and advocate such concocted devotional service. However, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura considered such  sahajiyās  to be more favorable than the impersonalists, who are hopelessly atheistic. The impersonalists have no idea of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The position of the  sahajiyās  is far better than that of the Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs . Although the  sahajiyās  do not think much of Vedic knowledge, they nonetheless have accepted Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Lord. Unfortunately, they mislead others from authentic devotional service.
TEXT 35
হরিভক্তিবিলাস, আর ভাগবতামৃত । দশম-টিপ্পনী, আর দশম-চরিত ॥ ৩৫ ॥
hari-bhakti-vilāsa, āra bhāgavatāmṛta daśama-ṭippanī, āra daśama-carita
SYNONYMS
hari-bhakti-vilāsa —the scripture named  Hari-bhakti-vilāsa ;  āra —and;  bhāgavata-amṛta —the scripture named  Bhāgavatāmṛta ;  daśama-ṭippanī —comments on the Tenth Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ;  āra —and;  daśama-carita —poetry about the Tenth Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
TRANSLATION
Some of the books compiled by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī were Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, Bhāgavatāmṛta, Daśama-ṭippanī and Daśama-carita.
PURPORT
In the First Wave of the book known as  Bhakti-ratnākara , it is said that Sanātana Gosvāmī understood  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  by thorough study and explained it in his commentary known as  Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī . All the knowledge that Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī directly acquired from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was broadcast all over the world by their expert service. 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 . Whatever he immediately put down in writing was finished in