Text 35] The Later Pastimes of Lord Caitanya 19
edge. Tac chraddadhanah munayah. Devotees who are actually serious attain
bhakti, scientific devotional service, by hearing Vedic literatures (bhaktya
Sruta-grhitaya). It is not that one should create something out of sentimen-
tality, become a sahajiya, and advocate such concocted devotional service.
However, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura considered such sahajiyas 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 sahajiyds is far better than that of the Mayavadi sannyasis. Al-
though the sahajiyads do not think much of Vedic knowledge, they nonethe-
less have accepted Lord Krsna as the Supreme Lord. Unfortunately, they
mislead others from authentic devotional service.
TEXT 35
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waTCRtal, SA HIa-SFAS ll Oe 1
hari-bhakti-vilasa, dra bhagavatamrta
dasama-tippani, ara dasama-carita
SYNONYMS
hari-bhakti-vilaésa—the scripture named Hari-bhakti-vilasa; ara—and;
bhagavata-amrta—the scripture named Bhagavatamrta; dasama-tippani—
comments on the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam; ara—and; dasama-
carita—poetry about the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
TRANSLATION
Some of the books compiled by Srila Sanatana Gosvami were Hari-
bhakti-vilasa, Bhagavatamrta, Dasama-tippani and Dasama-carita.
PURPORT
In the First Wave of the book known as Bhakti-ratnakara, it is said that
Sanatana Gosvami understood Srimad-Bhagavatam by thorough study and
explained it in his commentary known as Vaisnava-tosani. All the knowledge
that Sr Santana Gosvami and Ripa Gosvami directly acquired from en
Caitanya Mahaprabhu was broadcast all over the world by their expert ser-
vice. Sandtana Gosvami gave his Vaisnava-tosani commentary to Stila Jiva
Gosvami for editing, and Stila Jiva Gosvam! edited this under the name of
Laghu-tosani. Whatever he immediately put down in writing was finished in
