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sri-rupa, sanatana, bhatta raghunatha

sri-jiva, gopala-bhatta, dasa-raghunatha

SYNONYMS

sri-rupa—Srila Rupa Gosvami; sanatana—Srila Sanatana Gosvami; bhatta raghunatha—Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami; sri-jiva—Sri Jiva Gosvami; gopala-bhatta—Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami; dasa-raghunatha—Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.

I also remember the six Gosvamis-Rupa, Sanatana, Bhatta Raghunatha, Sri Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and Dasa Raghunatha.

PURPORT

This is the process for writing transcendental literature.

A sentimentalist who has no Vaisnava qualifications cannot produce transcendental writings.

There are many fools who consider krsna-lila to be a subject of art and write or paint pictures about the pastimes of Lord Krsna with the gopis, sometimes depicting them in a manner practically obscene.

These fools take pleasure in material sense gratification, but one who wants to make advancement in spiritual life must scrupulously avoid their literature.

Unless one is a servant of Krsna and the Vaisnavas, as Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami presents himself to be in offering respects to Lord Caitanya, His associates and His disciples, one should not attempt to write transcendental literature.