In 1924 1 renounced all worldly association with my revered parents and affectionate blood-relations, and surrendered myself unconditionally and completely at the feet of my Spiritual Master Om Vispupad Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupad and accepted the life of a Vaisnava Tridandi monk at the age of 23. In 1927 my Gurudeva, out of his infinite affection, asked me to unfold the esoteric supra-mundane Love-sports of the Transcendental Damsels of the all-conscious Spiritual Realm of Braja in Their eternal relation with the Supreme Lord Sri Krna, at a theistic exhibition that we organised at his instance at Sri Mayapore, the birth-place of Sri Krsna-caitanyadeva. By the blessings of my Spiritual Master I was able to please him by demonstrating Vindabana-Radhakunda on the basis of Sri Govinda-lilämytam. Thus pleased, my Gurudeva asked me to serve the spiritual cause of Brajadhama, and was also very kind to place me in charge of conducting the ever-well-organised circumambulation of Brajamandala that was also organised at his directions. This offered me ample opportunities to go deep in the correct conceptions of the Transcendental Pastimes of the Supreme Lord Krsna and His Associates in Braja. I, therefore, assured my Master that I would endeavour in my humble way to serve the cause of Brajadhama to please him and the Lord of Braja and also for my own spiritual unfoldment. But before I could engage myself in this much desired task, my Spiritual Master sent me to Europe early in 1933 with the object of informing the intelligentsia of England, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and France about the super-excellence of the message of Prema as was preached by Śrī Caitanya. I returned to India early in 1936, and my Spiritual Master passed away at five in the morning of 1st January, 1937. Soon after his demise, the Gaudiya Mission was split into factions due to internal dissensions. Gravely shocked at this most unfortunate turn of events of the institution to which I had dedicated my life from my very early youth, I went away to Burma, Japan and the USA on a lecture tour in order to keep myself aloof from the unpleasant and unhappy affairs of the Gaudiya Math, and returned to India in 1941. I dissociated myself from all the factious parties of the Mission. Under all these unforeseen and adverse circumstances I could not take up the service that I promised my Master.
Sri Rupa Gorvami was the younger brother of Sri Sanatana Gorvami and was elder to Sri Vallabha, who was father of Sri Jiva Gosvami. Sri Vallabha was subsequently known as Anupama. They were Kamata Brahmanas by birth. sri Jiva Gosvāmī, nephew of Sri Rūpa and Sri Sanatana, gives a genealogical tree of their family at the end of his book Laghutojani. It is stated that one Sarvajña by name was born in the royal family of Karnața who belonged to the Bharadraja-Gotra of the Brahamaņa-caste. Sri Sarvajña had a son known as Aniruddha, who had two sons known as Rūpeśvara and Harihara. Harihara turned out his brother Rūpeivara, who settled in the kingdom of Sikheśvara in the east. Rūpeśvara's son Padmanabha migrated to Bengal and settled at Naihați on the Ganga. Padmanabha became a minister at the Court of Danuja-mardana Raja Gapela, who defeated Samsuddin II in 1405. This Padmanabha had five sons, and the youngest was known as Mukundadeva, who settled in the Jessore District. Sri Mukundadeva had three sons, known as Sanatana, Rūpa and Vallabha, who used to live at Ramkeli in the District of Maldaha, then capital of Bengal. Sri Sanatan, Sri Rūpa and Sri Vallabha were therefore Karnața-Brahmaņas by birth and settled in Bengal since the time of their great-great-grand father Sri Rūpeivara. King Hossain Shah, at that time Governor of Bengal, appointed Sri Sanatana as his Prime Minister and Sri Rupa as his confidential Home Minister, and gave them the titles of Säkara Mallik and Davira Khasa.
respectively. Both the brothers were not only great scholars of Nyaye Philosophy of wide repute, but were exceptionally devout votaries of Sri Kryga-caitanya-deva. Ultimately both renounced the world and completely surrendered themselves at the feet of Sri Krina-caitanya-deva. On His way back from Vridāvana, Sri Caitanya instructed Śri Rupa on the esoteric aspects of Bhakti-rasa at the Dasivamedha-ghat at Prayag (Allahabad) and inspired Sri Sanatana at Varanasi with the fundamental principles of God, Jiva-atma and the phenomenal world. Both finally settled in Vridavana at the instance of Sri Kema-caitanya-deva. Dr. S. Das holds: "After finishing their studies they (Sanatana and Rūpa) entered the King's service which they enjoyed for many years before they.
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