PLATE ONE

Srila Rapa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami were
ministers directly in charge of the government of
Nawab Hussain Shah and they were also householders,
but later they became gosvamis. These two brothers
met at Vrndavana, where they stayed to execute the
will of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Ripa Gosvami
and Sanatana Gosvami collected many revealed scrip-
tures, and from the evidence in those scriptures they
excavated all the lost sites of pilgrimage. Thus they es-
tablished temples for the worship of Lord Krsna. Being
empowered by Lord Caitanya, they both compiled
many transcendental literatures to spread the bhakti
cult.
