Volume 7 - Prabhupada

Text 18]The Lord Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami255tac chraddadhanab munayojfiana-vairagya-yuktayapasyanty atmani catmanarhbhaktya sruta-grhitaya"That Absolute Truth is realized by the seriously inquisitive student or sage who iswell equipped with knowledge and who has become detached by renderingdevotional service and hearing the Vedanta-sruti."This is not sentiment. Knowledge and renunciation can be obtained throughdevotional service (bhaktya sruta-grhitaya), that is, by arousing one's dormantdevotional consciousness, Krt:Ja consciousness. When Kr?t:Ja consciousness isaroused, it relieves one from fruitive activity, activity for economic improvementand material enjoyment. This relief is technically called naikarma, and when oneis relieved, he is no longer interested in working hard for sense gratification.Srimad-Bhagavatam is SrTia Vyasadeva's last mature contribution, and one shouldread and hear it in an assembly of realized souls while engaging in devotional service.At such a time one can be liberated from all material bondage. This was thecourse taken by Sanatana GosvamT, who retired from government service tostudy Srimad-Bhagavatam with learned scholars.TEXT 18 fit C--, i!fi{ Ir.tti! C'Sttlltf-ti! "t 'Cft'Stif II lr IIara dina gauc;lesvara, sarige eka-janaacambite gosani-sabhate kaila agamanaSYNONYMSara dina-one day; gauc;/esvara-the Nawab of Bengal; sarige-with; ekajana-oneother person; acambite-suddenly; gosani-sabhate-in the assemblyof Sanatana GosvamT; kaila agamana-came.TRANSLATIONWhile Sanatana Gosvami was studying Srimad-Bhagavatam in the assemblyof learned brahmal)as, one day the Nawab of Bengal and another person suddenlyappeared.PURPORTThe full name of the Nawab of Bengal (Hussain Shah) was AlauddTna SaiyadaHusena Saha Seripha Makka, and he ruled Bengal for twenty-three years, from1420 to 1443 Sakabda Era. Sanatana GosvamT was studying Srimad-Bhagavatamwith the scholars in the year 1424.