20.3
etha gaude sanatana ache bandi-sale
sri-rupa-gosanira patri aila hena-kale
SYNONYMS
etha—here; gaude—in Bengal; sanatana—Sanatana Gosvami; ache—was; bandi-sale—in prison; sri-rupa-gosanira—of Srila Rupa Gosvami; patri—the letter; aila—came; hena-kale—at that time.
While Sanatana Gosvami was imprisoned in Bengal, a letter arrived from Srila Rupa Gosvami.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura informs us that this letter from Rupa Gosvami to Sanatana Gosvami is mentioned by the annotator of Udbhata-candrika.
Srila Rupa Gosvami wrote a note to Sanatana Gosvami from Bakla.
This note indicated that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was coming to Mathura, and it stated:
yadu-pateh kva gata mathura-puri
raghu-pateh kva gatottara-kosala
iti vicintya kurusva manah sthiram