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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.227
তাঁর লঘুভ্রাতা — শ্রীবল্লভ-অনুপম ।
তাঁর পুত্র মহাপণ্ডিত — জীবগোসাঞি নাম ॥ ২২৭ ॥
tāṅra laghu-bhrātā — śrī-vallabha-anupama
tāṅra putra mahā-paṇḍita — jīva-gosāñi nāma
The son of Śrī Vallabha, or Anupama, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s younger brother, was the great learned scholar named Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.
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Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī was a great learned scholar.
His father was Śrī Vallabha, who was also known as Anupama.
Anupama was Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s younger brother. Thus, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī was Rūpa Gosvāmī’s nephew.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this way he completely retired and returned to Vṛndāvana to meet Sanātana Gosvāmī. After narrating these incidents, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has given a list of the main books of Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Jīva Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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Draw a small family outline showing Rūpa Gosvāmī, his younger brother Anupama, and Anupama’s son Jīva Gosvāmī.
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