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Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

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Cc Madhya 20.3

এথা গৌডে সনাতন আছে বন্দিশালে শ্রীরূপগোসাঞীর পত্রী আইল হেনকালে

एथा गौडे सनातन आछे बन्दिशाले श्रीरूपगोसाञीर पत्री आइल हेनकाले

ethā gauḍe sanātana āche bandi-śāle śrī-rūpa-gosāñīra patrī āila hena-kāle

Synonyms

ethā—here; gauḍe—in Bengal; sanātana—Sanātana Gosvāmī; āche—was; bandi-śāle—in prison; śrī-rūpa-gosāñīra—of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; patrī—the letter; āila—came; hena-kāle—at that time..

Translation

While Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned in Bengal, a letter arrived from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Purport

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura informs us that this letter from Rūpa Gosvāmī to Sanātana Gosvāmī is mentioned by the annotator of Udbhaṭa-candrikā. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī wrote a note to Sanātana Gosvāmī from Bāklā. This note indicated that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was coming to Mathurā, and it stated:

yadu-pateḥ kva gatā mathurā-purī
raghu-pateḥ kva gatottara-kośalā
iti vicintya kurusva manaḥ sthiraṁ
na sad idaṁ jagad ity avadhāraya

"Where has the Mathurā Purī of Yadupati gone? Where has the northern Kośalā of Raghupati gone? By reflection, make the mind steady, thinking, 'This universe is not eternal.' "

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