Text 17]
The lord instructs Šrila Rūna Cosvāmī
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TRANSLATION
The greedy masters of his clerical and secretarial staff performed the government duties while Sanātana personally remained home and discussed revealed scriptures.
PURPORT
Sanātana Gosvāmī was the minister in charge of the government secretariat, and his assistants—the undersecretaries and clerks—all belonged to the  kāyastha  community. Formerly the  kāyasthas  belonged to the clerical and secretarial staff of the government, and later if one served in such a post, he was called a  kāyastha . Eventually if a person could not identify himself as a  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  or  śūdra , he used to intoduce himself as a  kāyastha  to get a wealthy and honorable position. In Bengal it is said that if one cannot give the identity of his caste, he calls himself a  kāyastha . On the whole, the  kāyastha  community is a mixture of all castes, and it especially includes those engaged in clerical or secretarial work. Materially such people are always busy occupying responsible government posts.
When Sanātana Gosvāmī was relaxing and feeling inclined to retire from government service, many  kāyasthas  on his secretarial staff were very eager to occupy his post. In this regard, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura states that when Sanātana Gosvāmī was a government minister and the  kāyasthas  who assisted him saw that he was reluctant to continue, they became very expert in their duties. Sanātana Gosvāmī was a  brāhmaṇa  belonging to the Sārasvata  brāhmaṇa  community. It is said that when he resigned, an underworker named Purandara Khān, who was a  kāyastha , occupied his post.
TEXT 17
ଡଣ୍ଡି  గ్రామ శత శత తరువాత నిర్మించిన శత శత తరువాత సంప్రదాయం అనే ప్రముఖ సంప్రదాయం అనే ప్రముఖ సంప్రదాయం అనే ప్రముఖ సంప్రదాయం అనే ప్రముఖ సంప
ভাগবত বিচার করেন সভাতে বসিন্থা ॥ ১৭ ॥
bhaṭṭācārya paṇḍita biśa triśa lañā bhāgavata vicāra karena sabhāte vasiyā
SYNONYMS
bhaṭṭācārya paṇḍita —learned scholars known as  bhaṭṭācāryas ;  biśa triśa —twenty or thirty;  lañā —taking with him;  bhāgavata vicāra —discussion of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ;  karena —does;  sabhāte vasiyā —sitting in an assembly.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī  used to discuss  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  in an assembly of twenty or thirty learned brāhmaṇa scholars.