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tions. The Nawab requested Sanatana to accompany him on an expedition to
Orissa, but when Sanatana Gosvami refused, the Nawab ordered that he be im-
prisoned. When Rupa Gosvami left home, he wrote a note for Sanatana Gosvami
informing him of some money that he had entrusted to a focal grocer. Sanatana
Gosvami took advantage of this money to bribe the jail keeper and get free from
detention. Then he left for Benares to meet Caitanya Mahaprabhu, bringing with
him only one servant, whose name was Isana. On the way they stopped at a sardi,
or hotel, and when the hotel keeper found out that Isana had some golden coins with
him, he planned to kill both Sanatana Gosvami and [Sana to take away the coins.
Later Sanatana Gosvami saw that although the hotel keeper did not know them,
he was being especially attentive to their comfort. Therefore he concluded that
Sana was secretly carrying some money and that the hotel keeper was aware of this
and therefore planned to kill them for it. Upon being questioned by Sanatana
Gosvami, Isana admitted that he indeed had money with him, and immediately
Sanatana Gosvami took the money and gave it to the hotel keeper, requesting him
to help them get though the jungle. Thus with the help of the hotel keeper, who
was also the chief of the thieves of that territory, he crossed over the Hazipur
mountains, which are presently known as the Hazaribags. He then met his brother-
in-law Srikanta, who requested that he stay with him. Sanatana Gosvami refused,
but before they parted, Srikanta gave him a valuable blanket.

Somehow or other Sanatana Gosvami reached Varanasi and met Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu at the house of Candrasekhara. By the order of the Lord, Sanatana
Gosvami was cleanly shaved and his dress changed to that of a mendicant, or
babaji. He put on old garments of Tapana Misra and took prasada at the house of
a Maharastra braGhmana. Then, in discourses with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the
Lord Himself explained everything about devotional service to Sanatana Gosvami.
He advised Sanatana Gosvami to write books on devotional service, including a book
of directions for Vaisnava activities, and to excavate the lost places of pilgrimage in
Vrndavana. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave him His blessings to do all this work
and also explained to Sanatana Gosvami the import of the atmarama verse from
sixty-one different angles of vision.

Sanatana Gosvami went to Vrndavana by the main road, and when he reached
Mathura he met Subuddhi Raya. Then he returned to Jagannatha Puri through
Jharikhanda, the Uttara Pradesh jungle. At Jagannatha Puri he decided to give up
his body by falling down beneath a wheel of the Jagannatha ratha, but Caitanya
Mahaprabhu saved him. Then Sanatana Gosvami met Haridasa Thakura and heard
about the disappearance of Anupama. Sanatana Gosvami later described the glories
of Haridasa Thakura. Sanatana observed the etiquette of Jagannatha’s temple by
going through the beach to visit Lord Caitanya, although it was extremely hot due
to the sun. He requested Jagadananda Pandita to give him permission to return to
Vrndavana. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu praised the character of Sanatana Gosvami,
and He embraced Sanatana, accepting his body as spiritual. Sanatana Gosvami was
ordered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to live at Jagannatha Puri for one year. When
he returned to Vrndavana after many years, he again met RGpa Gosvami, and both
brothers remained in Vrndavana to execute the orders of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
