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<div class="heading">That is not so easy to become a Rūpa Gosvāmī, ātmārāma. They were busy, very busy in transcendental activities. Simply to give up the family life or big post and come to Vṛndāvana and live cheaply by begging some capati and become Rūpa Gosvāmī, that is not ideal. You should follow Rūpa Gosvāmī, their footprints. Tyaktvā tūrṇam-aśeṣa-maṇḍala. First of all, Rūpa Gosvāmī, their giving up family life was meaningful. But if somebody, out of poverty, he comes to Vṛndāvana to solve the capati problem, (laughter) that is not Rūpa Gosvāmī.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.6.1 -- Vrndavana, November 23, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.6.1 -- Vrndavana, November 23, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
Unless we become ''ātmārāma'', there is no possibility of happiness. Just like these Gosvāmīs. They were very opulent ministers, but they were not happy. They resigned from the post, ''tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tuccha-vat ''(''Gurv-aṣṭaka ''4), because there was no happiness. And what they adopted? They adopted the life of a mendicant. ''Tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tuccha-vat bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthāśritau''. For doing good to the others they accepted ''kaupīna-kanthāśritau''. So it is not a business of imitation, that "I am following the principles of Rūpa Gosvāmī." That is not so easy to become a Rūpa Gosvāmī, ''ātmārāma''. They were busy, very busy in transcendental activities. Simply to give up the family life or big post and come to Vṛndāvana and live cheaply by begging some ''cāpāṭi ''and become Rūpa Gosvāmī, that is not ideal. You should follow Rūpa Gosvāmī, their footprints. ''Tyaktvā tūrṇam-aśeṣa-maṇḍala''. First of all, Rūpa Gosvāmī, their giving up family life was meaningful. But if somebody, out of poverty, he comes to Vṛndāvana to solve the ''cāpāṭi ''problem, (laughter) that is not Rūpa Gosvāmī.

Rūpa Gosvāmī, they were engaged—''nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau'' (''Gurv-aṣṭaka'' 2). They were simply thinking, "How these rascals will be benefitted by Kṛṣṇa consciousness?" That is what . . . their business, ''lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau''. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. Prahlāda Mahārāja, ''śoce tato vimukha-cetasa''. ''Śoce tato vimukha-cetasa māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān ''([[vanisource:SB 7.9.43|SB 7.9.43]]). Prahlāda Mahārāja was anxious not for himself.'' Naivodvije para duratyayā-vaitaranyas tvad-vīrya-gāyana-mahāmṛta-magna-cittaḥ''. "My Lord, personally I have no problem. It is finished." ''Svāmin kṛtārtho 'smi''. Dhruva Mahārāja also said the same thing. A devotee, for personal . . . Because they are ''ātmārāma''. They have no business for personal satisfaction. They are completely satisfied, ''ātmārāma''. But they have got another dissatisfaction: that seeing men like us engaged in sense gratification and working whole day and night like dogs and pigs, so they are very much anxious.  
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