Text 4] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 3

TRANSLATION

All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Nityananda Prabhu!
All glories to Advaita Acarya! And all glories to all the devotees of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu!

TEXT 3

ae CCG Halse Vata afemertcer |
Hiart-caimnesta AA STE CABICA 1 o I

ethd gaude sandtana ache bandi-sdle
sri-rGpa-gosdfira patri dila hena-kdle

SYNONYMS
etha—here; gaude—in Bengal; sandtana—Sanatana Gosvami; dche—was;
bandi-sale—in prison; sri-rdpa-gosdfira—of Srila Rapa Gosvami; patri—the let-
ter; dila—came; hena-kale—at that time.

TRANSLATION

While Sanatana Gosvami was imprisoned in Bengal, a letter arrived from
Srila Rapa Gosvami.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura informs us that this letter from Ripa Gosvami to
Sanatana Gosvami is mentioned by the annotator of Udbhata-candrika. Srila Ripa
Gosvami wrote a note to Sanatana Gosvami from Bakla. This note indicated that
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was coming to Mathura, and it stated:

yadu-pateh kva gata mathurd-puri
raghu-pateh kva gatottara-kosala

iti vicintya kurusva manah sthirarh
na sad idar jagad ity avadhdraya

“Where has the Mathura Puri of Yadupati gone? Where has the northern Kosala
of Raghupati gone? By reflection, make the mind steady, thinking, ‘This universe is
not eternal.’ ”

TEXT 4

AD Hiaal Halse oraleas Ce |
AIR-ABE- Hi SACS ALAA WB
