08/24/2026
#𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦́𝗿𝗶̄ 𝙍𝙪̄𝙥𝙖 𝙂𝙤𝙨𝙫𝙖̄𝙢𝙞̄🕯️
Sri-chaitanya-mano ’bhishtam sthapitam yena bhutale
svayam rupah kada mahyam dadati sva-padantikam
When will Shri Rupa Gosvami give me the shelter of his lotus feet? Because he understood the innermost desire of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, he was able to establish His mission in this world and is very dear to the Lord.
Srila Prabhupada: "In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (180) Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī is described to be the gopī named Śrī Rūpa–mañjarī.In the Bhakti-ratnākara there is a list of the books Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī compiled. Of all his books, sixteen books are very popular among Vaiṣṇavas and some of them include Haṁsadūta, Kṛṣṇa–janma–tithi–vidhi, Bhakti–rasāmṛta–sindhu (this is the most celebrated book), Ujjvala–nīlamaṇi, Ākhyāta-candrikā, Mathurā–mahimā.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī is described as the bhakti-rasācārya, or one who knows the essence of devotional service. His famous book Bhakti–rasāmṛta–sindhu is the science of devotional service, and by reading this book one can understand the meaning of devotional service. Another of his famous books is Ujjvala–nīlamaṇi. In this book he elaborately explains the loving affairs and transcendental activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī.
Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī gave up all family connections, joined the renounced order of life and divided his money, giving fifty percent to the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas and twenty-five percent to his kuṭumba (family members) and keeping twenty-five percent for personal emergencies. He met Haridāsa Ṭhākura in Jagannātha Purī, where he also met Lord Caitanya and His other associates. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to praise the handwriting of Rūpa Gosvāmī. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī could compose verses according to the desires of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and by His direction he wrote two books named Lalita–mādhava and Vidagdha–mādhava. Lord Caitanya desired the two brothers, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī, to publish many books in support of the Vaiṣṇava religion. When Sanātana Gosvāmī met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Lord advised him also to go to Vṛndāvana "
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 10.84)
