110 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 4,
PURPORT
Referring to the words laksa-grantha (100,000 verses”), Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura says that the total number of verses written by Srila Rapa
Gosvami is 100,000 (eka-laksa or laksa-grantha). The copyists count both the
verses and the prose sections of the Sanskrit works. One should not mistakenly
think that Srila Rapa Gosvami compiled 100,000 books. He actually wrote sixteen
books, as mentioned in the First Wave of the Bhakti-ratnakara (sri-rapa-gosvami
grantha sodasa karila).
TEXT 227
Sia AVS ei— Bans-ayra |
Sta AW aVlrtfas—Hacsiatios ata ti 229 1
tanra laghu-bhrata —Sri-vallabha-anupama
tafira putra mahd-pandita—/jiva-gosani nama
SYNONYMS
tanra—his; laghu-bhrata—younger brother; sri-vallabha-anupama—named Si
Vallabha or Anupama; tafra putra—his son; mahda-pandita--very learned scholar;
jiva-gosahi—Srila Jiva Gosvami; néma—named.
TRANSLATION
The son of Sri Vallabha, or Anupama, Srila Rapa Gosvami’s younger
brother, was the great learned scholar named Srila Jiva Gosvami.
TEXT 228
HA SHH’ CStal Hew SSE suse |
CSE SfSaitH aa CHAT BTA ev I
sarva tyaji’ tenho pache aila vrndavana
tenha bhakti-sastra bahu kaila pracdrana
SYNONYMS
sarva tyaji’—renouncing everything; tep*ho—he (Srila Jiva Gosvami); pache—
later; ail vrndavana—came to Vrndavana; tenha—he; bhakti-sastra—books on
devotional service; bahu—many; kaila—did; pracdrana—spreading.
TRANSLATION
After renouncing everything, Srila Jiva Gosvami went to Vrndavana. Later
he also wrote many books on devotional service and expanded the work of
preaching.
