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The lord Instructs Šrila Runa Cosvāmī
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tac chraddadhānāḥ munayo jñāna-vairāgya-yuktayā paśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁ bhaktvā śruta-grhītayā
“That Absolute Truth is realized by the seriously inquisitive student or sage who is well equipped with knowledge and who has become detached by rendering devotional service and hearing the  Vedānta-śruti .”
This is not sentiment. Knowledge and renunciation can be obtained through devotional service ( bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā ), that is, by arousing one's dormant devotional consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When Kṛṣṇa consciousness is aroused, it relieves one from fruitive activity, activity for economic improvement and material enjoyment. This relief is technically called  naiṣkarma , and when one is relieved, he is no longer interested in working hard for sense gratification.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is Śrīla Vyāsadeva's last mature contribution, and one should read and hear it in an assembly of realized souls while engaging in devotional service. At such a time one can be liberated from all material bondage. This was the course taken by Sanātana Gosvāmī, who retired from government service to study  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  with learned scholars.
TEXT 18
আর দিন গোঁড়েখর, সঙ্গে একজন  ।।
আচাৰিতে গৌসাঞ্জি-সভাতে কৈল আগমন ॥ ১৮ ॥  ।
āra dina gauḍeśvara, saṅge eka-jana ācambite gosāñi-sabhāte kaila āgamana
SYNONYMS
āra dina —one day;  gauḍeśvara —the Nawab of Bengal;  saṅge —with;  ekajana —one other person;  ācambite —suddenly;  gosāñi-sabhāte —in the assembly of Sanātana Gosvāmī;  kaila āgamana —came.
TRANSLATION
While Sanātana Gosvāmī was studying Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the assembly of learned brāhmaṇas, one day the Nawab of Bengal and another person suddenly appeared.
PURPORT
The full name of the Nawab of Bengal (Hussain Shah) was Ālāuddīna Saiyada Husena Sāha Seripha Makkā, and he ruled Bengal for twenty-three years, from 1420 to 1443 Śakābda Era. Sanātana Gosvāmī was studying  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  with the scholars in the year 1424.