Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 1.200
Recognizing Exceptional Wisdom and Learning
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s elder brother, whose name is Sanātana Gosvāmī, is such a wise and learned scholar that no one is equal to him.””
What the purport teaches
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu identified Sanātana Gosvāmī as Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s elder brother.
- He praised Sanātana Gosvāmī as both wise and learned.
- His praise was emphatic: He said that no one was equal to Sanātana Gosvāmī in such scholarship.
Try this today
Write down one quality you appreciate in a wise and learned person who helps your devotional study.
Ask yourself
Do you appreciate wisdom as well as learning in those from whom you study?
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.