Xx The Nectar of Devotion

brahmana. That is the original principle accepted by all Vedic lit-
eratures, especially by the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad-Bhagavatam.
The principle of Lord Caitanya’s movement in educating and
elevating everyone to the exalted post of a gosvami is taught in
The Nectar of Devotion.

Lord Caitanya met the two brothers, Dabir Khas and Sakara
Mallik, in a village known as Ramakeli in the district of Maldah, and
after that meeting the brothers decided to retire from government
service and join Lord Caitanya. Sakara Mallik, who was later to
become Ripa Gosvami, retired from his post and collected all the
money he had accumulated during his service. It is described in the
Caitanya-caritamrta that his accumulated savings in gold coins equalled
millions of dollars and filled a large boat. He divided the money in
a very exemplary manner which should be followed by devotees in
particular and by humanity in general. Fifty percent of his accumu-
lated wealth was distributed to the Krsna conscious persons, namely
the brahmanas and the Vaisnavas; twenty-five percent was distributed
to relatives; and twenty-five percent was kept against emergency
expenditures and personal difficulties. Later on when Dabir Khas
also proposed to retire, the Nawab was very much agitated and put
him into jail. But Dabir Khas, who was later to become Srila Sanatana
Gosvami, took advantage of his brother’s personal money, which had
been deposited with a village banker, and escaped from the prison of
Hussain Shah. In this way both brothers joined Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu.

Rupa Gosvami first met Lord Caitanya at Prayag (Allahabad,
India), and on the Dasasvamedha bathing ghat of that holy city the
Lord instructed him continually for ten days. The Lord particularly
instructed Ripa Gosvami on the science of Krsna consciousness.
These teachings of Lord Caitanya to Srila Ripa Gosvami Prabhupada
are narrated in our book Teachings of Lord Caitanya.

Later, Srila Ripa Gosvami Prabhupada elaborated the teachings of
the Lord with profound knowledge of revealed scriptures and authori-
tative references from various Vedic literatures. Srila Srinivasa Acarya
describes in his prayers to the six Gosvamis that they were all highly
learned scholars, not only in Sanskrit but also in foreign languages
