The Nectar of Devotion - 1970 ISKCON press edition ... - Prabhupada

XThe Nectar of Devotionbriihmar;w. That is the original principle accepted by all Vedic literatures,especially by the Bhagavad-g"ita and the Srimad-Bhiigavatam.The principle of Lord Caitanya's movement in educating andelevating everyone to the exalted post of a gosviimi is taught inThe Nectar of Devotion.Lord Caitanya met the two brothers, Dabir Khas and SakaraMallik, in a village known as Ramakeli in the district of Maldah, andafter that meeting the brothers decided to retire from governmentservice and join Lord Caitanya. Sakara Mallik, who was later tobecome Rupa Gosvami, retired from his post and collected all themoney he had accumulated during his service. It is described in theCaitanya-caritiimrta that his accumulated savings in gold coins equalledmillions of dollars and filled a large boat. He divided the money ina very exemplary manner which should be followed by devotees inparticular and by humanity in general. Fifty percent of his accumulatedwealth was distributed to the Kra conscious persons, namelythe briihmar;ws and the Vai§r-avas; twenty-five percent was distributedto relatives; ahd twenty-five percent was kept against emergencyexpenditures and personal difficulties.· Later on when Dabir Khasalso proposed to retire, the Nawah was very much agitated and puthim into jail. But Dabir Khas, who was later to become Srila SanatanaGosvami, took advantage of his brother's personal money, which hadbeen deposited with a village banker, and escaped from the prison ofHussain Shah. In this way both ·brothers joined Lord CaitanyaMahaprabhu.Rupa Gosvami first met Lord Caitanya at Prayag (Allahabad,India), and on the Dasasvamedha bathing ghat of that holy city theLord instructed him continually for ten days. The Lord particularlyinstructed Rupa Gosvami on the science of Kra consciousness.These teachings of Lord Caitanya to Snl.a Rupa Gosvami Prabhupadaare narrated in our book Teachings of Lord Caitanya.Later, Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada elaborated the teachings ofthe Lord with profound knowledge of revealed scriptures and authoritativereferences from various Vedic literatures. Srila Srinivasa Acaryadescribes in his prayers to the six Gosvamis that they were all highlylearned scholars, not only in Sanskrit but also in foreign languages