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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 1.36
শ্রীরূপ, সনাতন, ভট্ট–রঘুনাথ ।
শ্রীজীব, গোপালভট্ট, দাস–রঘুনাথ ॥ ৩৬ ॥
śrī-rūpa, sanātana, bhaṭṭa-raghunātha
śrī-jīva, gopāla-bhaṭṭa, dāsa-raghunātha
My instructing spiritual masters are Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
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The author names Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī among his instructing spiritual masters.
He also names Śrī Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha and Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī as his instructing spiritual masters.
Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī complete his list of six instructing spiritual masters.
Reverence and gratitude. The narrator takes shelter of the guru-paramparā; receptivity begins with humility.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī are the two principal followers of Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, who acted as the most confidential servitor of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Viśvambhara in His early life. A direct disciple of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 1
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