Volume 7 - Prabhupada

PLATE SEVEN"On the pretext of bad health, Sanatana Gosvaml remained home.Thus he gave up government service and did not go to the royal court.The greedy masters of his clerical and secretarial staff performed thegovernment duties while Sanatana personally remained home and discussedthe revealed scriptures. Sri Sanatana Gosvaml used to discussSrimad-Bhagavatam in an assembly of twenty or thirty learned brahmaf)ascholars. While Sanatana Gosvaml was studying Srimad-Bhagavatam inthe assembly of learned brahmaf)as, one day the Nawab of Bengal andanother person suddenly appeared. As soon as all the brahmaf)as andSanatana Gosvaml saw the Nawab appear, they all stood up andrespectfully gave him a sitting place to honor him. The Nawab said, 'I sentmy physician to you, and he has reported that you are not diseased. Asfar as he could see, you are.completely healthy. I am depending on youto carry out so many of my activities, but you have given up ,your governmentalduties to sit here at home. You have spoiled all my activities. Whatis your intention? Please tell me frankly.'" (pp.252-258)