Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 9.4
Transcendental Writing Requires Devotional Qualifications
“I also remember the six Gosvāmīs — Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Dāsa Raghunātha.”
What the purport teaches
- The author remembers the six Gosvāmīs: Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Dāsa Raghunātha.
- Sentiment without Vaiṣṇava qualifications cannot produce transcendental writing. One must be a servant of Kṛṣṇa and the Vaiṣṇavas before attempting such writing.
- Those seeking spiritual advancement must carefully avoid literature that treats Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with the gopīs as material sense gratification.
Try this today
Before your next devotional reading, respectfully remember the six Gosvāmīs named in this verse.
Ask yourself
What guides your choice of reading about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.