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CC Madhya 20.3

Bengali

এথা গৌড়ে সনাতন আছে বন্দিশালে ।
শ্রীরূপ-গোসাঞির পত্রী আইল হেনকালে ॥ ৩ ॥

Text

ethā gauḍe sanātana āche bandi-śāle
śrī-rūpa-gosāñīra patrī āila hena-kāle

Synonyms

ethā — here; gauḍe — in Bengal; sanātana — Sanātana Gosvāmī; āche — was; bandi-śāle — in prison; śrī-rūpa-gosāñīra — of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; patrī — the letter; āila — came; hena-kāle — at that time.

Translation

While Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned in Bengal, a letter arrived from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Purport

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura informs us that this letter from Rūpa Gosvāmī to Sanātana Gosvāmī is mentioned by the annotator of the Udbhaṭa-candrikā. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī wrote a note to Sanātana Gosvāmī from Bāklā. This note indicated that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was coming to Mathurā, and it stated:

yadu-pateḥ kva gatā mathurā-purī
 raghu-pateḥ kva gatottara-kośalā
iti vicintya kuruṣva manaḥ sthiraṁ
 na sad idaṁ jagad ity avadhāraya

“Where has the Mathurā-purī of Yadupati gone? Where has the Northern Kośalā of Raghupati gone? By reflection, make the mind steady, thinking, ‘This universe is not eternal.’ ”