Text 4} The Lord Instructs Sandtana 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
etl CANCE HANSA Sate aPC |
HAA-ca maa AS STR CSATITT to I
ethd gaude sandtana ache bandi-sdle
sri-rGpa-gosdfira patri dila hena-kdle
SYNONYMS
etha—here; gaude—in Bengal; sanatana—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 Sandtana 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
AR Moai Hata iaAS Cee |
UIH-AHF-HM SATS AFA U8 A
