Sanatana Gosvami [1488-1558] was born into a wealthy family from Karnataka, India. He spoke several languages, and as a well-respected, competent scholar and manager, he worked as the chief secretary for Hussain Shah, a famous ruler of medieval Bengal. At 30, he left his government work to undergo Vaishnava studies under the great apostle-scholar, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu [1486-1534]. Sanatana Gosvami was a chief and direct disciple of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the senior-most of the six Gosvamis of Vrindavana, an exalted group who helped establish the Gaudiya sampradaya, the monotheistic school of devotion to Krishna that accepts Lord Chaitanya to be Krishna’s incarnation for the current era.