Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia II - Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana Goswami’s Literary Works

Sanatana Goswami - Sanatana Goswami’s Literary Works

Sanatana Goswami wrote four important books in Sanskrit on Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy.

• Brihat-bhagavtamrita (Skt. Great nectar of the Lord’s devotees)

This work of 2,500 verses is divided into two parts. The first section explains the ontological hierarchy of the devotees of Krishna. The second section deals with the souls journey to the eternal realm of Krishna. Both sections are narrated as stories and are imbued with many esoteric aspects of Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy. Sanatana also wrote his own commentary to this book.

• Hari-bhakti-vilasa (Skt.Performance of Devotion to Hari)

This book was a joint work between Sanatana Goswami and Gopala Bhatta Goswami. Hari-bhakti-vilasa was compiled on the order of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and deals with the rituals and conduct of Gaudiya Vaisnavas. Sanatana also wrote an auto-commentary to Hari-bhakti Vilasa.

• Krishna-lila-stava (Skt. Glorification of the Pastimes of Krishna)

Krishna-lila-stava comprises of 432 verses tracing Krishna’s pastimes from the beginning of the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. This book is also sometiems referred to as the Dasama-charita.

• Brihad Vaishnava Toshani (Skt. That which brings Great Joy to the Devotees of Krishna)

The Brihad Vaishnava Toshani is Sanatana’s extensive commentary on the Tenth Canto of the Bhagavata Purana. This commentary is also known as the Dasama-tipanni.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Sanatana Goswami’s Literary Works", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki