Jagat

ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭakam śrī-śrīnivāsācārya-viracitam vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau ||1|| I bow down to the three pairs:  Rupa and Sanatan,  the two Raghunaths,  and to Sri Jiva and Gopala Bhatta.  kṛṣṇotkīrtana-gāna-nartana-parau premāmṛtāmbho-nidhī dhīrādhīra-jana-priyau priya-karau nirmatsarau pūjitau | śrī-caitanya-kṛpā-bharau bhuvi bhuvo bhārāvahantārakau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau ||1|| Always engaged in singing and dancing and doing Krishna kirtan oceans of the ambrosia of love, dear to both the wise and foolish, pleasing to all without envy for any and honored by all, carrying the full mercy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and removing the burden of the world: I bow down to the three pairs: nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau tri-bhuvane mānyau śaraṇyākarau | rādhā-kṛṣṇa-padāravinda-bhajanānandena mattālikau vande rūpa-sanātanau ra...

Part I Part II Part III Part IV In the accounts of the lives of the three second-generation saints, Shrinivas Acharya, Narottam Das and Shyamananda, we are informed right away that this was the situation: Shrinivas, especially, is described wandering from one holy site to another, hoping to get the association of one or the other of Mahaprabhu’s companions, and each time missing the opportunity by a few days or months. Though most of these near-misses were no doubt exaggerated, authors like Narahari Chakravarti and Nityananda Das are simply trying to tell us that Mahaprabhu’s associates were quickly disappearing, and that this was a terrible disappointment to him and everyone else. In their search for leadership and guidance, they eventually turned to Braj where Rupa, Sanatan and the other Goswamis had been diligently establishing a disciplined theology. According to the Caitanya-caritāmṛta , Mahaprabhu instructed Rupa and Sanatan to write scriptures on philosophy and sad-ācār...