{"id":28783,"date":"2021-01-20T09:23:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T14:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=28783"},"modified":"2021-12-20T09:24:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:24:13","slug":"sanatana-gosvami-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/sanatana-gosvami-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanatana Gosvami"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kl-blog-post\">\n<div class=\"itemHeader kl-blog-post-header\">\n<div class=\"post_details kl-blog-post-details kl-font-alt\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemBody kl-blog-post-body kl-blog-cols-1\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-1.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"234\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ramaiswami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Unknown.jpeg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ramaiswami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5490\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.ramaiswami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Unknown.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.ramaiswami.com\/unknown-170\/\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sri Sanatana Goswami appeared in 1488, five years before Sri Rupa Goswami, in a Sarasvata brahmana family in Bengal. Sanatana and his two brothers, Rupa and Anupama, were always absorbed in <em>bhava bhakti<\/em>from early childhood. Remembering Vrndavana, they named the forests in which they played after Vraja\u2019s twelve forests (Talavana, Madhuvana, Kamyavana, Mahavana). They called their favourite bathing ponds Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda.<\/p>\n<p>In his youth, Sri Sanatana dreamt that a beautiful brahmana boy gave him a <em>Srimad Bhagavatam.<\/em> Feeling ecstatic he awoke. But seeing neither the boy nor the <em>Bhagavatam<\/em> he felt sad. When Sanatana began his<em>puja<\/em> that morning, however, Krishna Himself, disguised as a beautiful brahmana boy, came and said, \u201cTake this <em>Srimad Bhagavatam<\/em> from Me, always study it, and you will attain perfection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Lord Caitanya visited Rupa and Sanatana in Ramakeli and freed them, they renounced everything for Lord Gauranga\u2019s service. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Sri Rupa and Sanatana Goswamis to move to Vrndavana and perform four services:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(1) Uncover Sri Krishna\u2019s pastime places. (2) Install Deities, arrange for Their <em>puja.<\/em> (3) Compile <em>bhakti<\/em>scriptures. (4) Propagate the rules of devotional life. \u201cEntering Lord Caitanya\u2019s service, they resolutely gave up power, riches, and position to live in Vrndavana as humble beggars absorbed in <em>bhajana.<\/em> One cannot properly perform Krishna <em>bhajana<\/em> until one renounces all attach\u00adments both internally and externally, and adopts a life of simplicity and humility.\u201d <em>(Sri Vraja Mandala Parikramd).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Radha-Madana Mohana mandir established by Sanatana Goswami was the first one opened in Vrndavana by the six Goswamis. Described as \u201cthe personal extension of the body of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sri Sanatana is the ideal spiritual master because he gives one shelter at the lotus feet of Madana Mohana. The three Vrndavana Deities (Madana Mohana, Govindaji and Gopinatha) are the life and soul of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. The Deity of Madana Mohana has the specific quality of helping the neophyte devotees understand their eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Sanatana Goswami spent forty-three years wandering from village to village in Vrndavana. The Vrajavasis would affectionate\u00adly care for him treating him like their father. With patience and concern he listened to their problems. Then he would please all the villagers by his preaching and practical advice on everything from increasing crop yields to solving family quarrels.<\/p>\n<p>In the form of Labanga <em>manjari<\/em> Sanatana Goswami serves Srimati Visakha <em>sakhi<\/em> in Radha-Madhava\u2019s <em>nitya nikunja-lila. <\/em>Sanatana Goswami\u2019s <em>samadhi<\/em> is behind Radha Madana Mohana\u2019s temple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Sri Sanatana Goswami appeared in 1488, five years before Sri Rupa Goswami, in a Sarasvata brahmana family in Bengal. Sanatana and his two brothers, Rupa and Anupama, were always absorbed in bhava bhaktifrom early childhood. &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/sanatana-gosvami-2\/\" aria-label=\"Sanatana Gosvami\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 12:57:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}