Rupa Gosvami wrote the following message to Sanatana Gosvami when he was in prison: “You must go and meet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as fast as you can. We do not know how long we are going to be in this material world. As soon as possible we have to leave the prison that is the material world. When the time comes to cross the ocean of material existence, you will get sadhu-sanga, and then rati (attachment to the Guru and the Lord) will manifest in your heart. Gurvastaka by Srila Visvanatha...
2023, Discourses in English 2023, Wald-Michelbach 2023, Germany 2023, apavarga: liberation (freedom from material existence; cessation of the cycle of birth and death), guru: guru-bhakti, guru: guru-nishtha, perfection: vastu-siddhi/perfection of the self (attainment of one's eternal spiritual identity; realization of one's true nature)
