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a description of the lotus feet of Srimati Radharani, (18) Gopala-campia (in two parts)
and (19-25) seven sandharbhas: the Krama, Tattva, Bhagavat, Paramdatma, Krsna,
Bhakti and Priti Sandharbhas. After the disappearance of Srila RGpa Gosvami and
Sanatana Gosvami in Vrndavana, Srila Jiva Gosvami became the dcarya of all the
Vaisnavas in Bengal, Orissa and the rest of the world, and it is he who used to guide
them in their devotional service. In Vrndavana he established the Radha-Damodara
temple, where we had the opportunity to live and retire until the age of 65, when
we decided to come to the United States of America. When Jiva Gosvami was still
present, Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami compiled his famous Caitanya-caritamrta.
Later, Srila Jiva Gosvami inspired Srinivasa Acarya, Narottama dasa Thakura and
Duhkhi Krsnadasa to preach Krsna consciousness in Bengal. Jiva Gosvamf was in-
formed that all the manuscripts that were collected from Vrndavana and sent to
Bengal for preaching purposes were plundered near Visnupura in Bengal, but later
he received the information that the books had been recovered. Sri Jiva Gosvamr
awarded the designation Kaviraja to Ramacandra Sena, a disciple of Srinivasa
Acarya, and his younger brother Govinda. While Jiva Gosvamf was alive, Srimati
Jahnavi-devi, the pleasure potency of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, went to Vrndavana
with a few devotees. Jiva Gosvami was very kind to the Gaudiya Vaisnavas, the.
Vaisnavas from Bengal. Whoever went to Vrndavana he provided with a residence
and prasdda. His disciple Krsnadasa Adhikari listed all the books of the Gosvamis in
his diary.

The sahajiyds level three accusations against Srila Jiva Gosvami. This is certainly
not congenial with the execution of devotional service. The first accusation concerns
a materialist who was very proud of his reputation as a great Sanskrit scholar and
approached Sri Rapa and Sanatana to argue with them about the revealed scriptures.
Srila RGpa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami, not wanting to waste their time, gave
him a written statement that he had defeated them in a debate on the revealed
scriptures. Taking this paper, the scholar approached Jiva Gosvami for a similar
certificate of defeat, but Jiva Gosvami did not agree to give him one. On the con-
trary, he argued with him regarding the scriptures and defeated him. Certainly it
was right for Jiva Gosvami to stop such a dishonest scholar from advertising that he
had defeated Srila RGpa Gosvamiand Sanatana Gosvami, but due to their illiteracy
the sahajiyd class refer to this incident to accuse Srila Jiva Gosvami of deviating from
the principle of humility. They do not know, however, that humility and meekness
are appropriate when one’s own honor is insulted. But when Lord Visnu or the
dcaryas are blasphemed, one should not be humble and meek but must act. One
should follow the example given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Lord Caitanya says
in His prayer:

trndd api sunicena
taror api sahisnuna
amanind manadena
kirtaniyah sada harif
“One can chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking him-
self lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree,
