Give me shelter

Srila Rupa Goswami PrabhupadBirth: 1493 (Christian calendar), 1415 (Sakabda).
Disapearance: 1564 (Christian calendar), 1486 (Sakabda) 12th day of the bright fortnight of Sravan.
Srila Rupa resided in Braja for 51 years.

Rupa Goswami (Rupa Manjari) was 71 when entering Nitya Leela.

Sri Rupa Pranama

sri-caitanya-mano-'bhistam sthapitum yena bhtu-tale
svayam rupah kada mahyam dadati sva-padantikam

When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?

Rupa Katha

Srila Rupa Gosvami is known as bhakti-rasacarya, the expert in the tastes of pure devotional service and was extremely dear to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He and his elder brother, Srila Sanatana Gosvami left high posts in the government of Nawab Hussein Shah to join Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and through them Mahaprabhu disseminated His own teachings, the essential conclusions of all the scriptures. Amongst the devotees of Mahaprabhu these two were known as His generals.

When Srila Rupa Gosvami noticed that Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was grievously weeping and feeling separation for Srimati Radharani, day and night. He therefore gave him his book Sri Lalita-madhava to read. Reading that book, Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, (author of Sri Dana-keli-cintamani) became like a mad person, weeping even more continuously, so much so that the book became wet and began to be ruined. Srila Rupa Gosvami therefore told him, "Give me back the book, because I will have to make corrections;" but Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami replied, "Oh, I will not give it back." Then Rupa Gosvami wrote Dana-keli-kaumudi – for him only – describing how Sri Krsna checked all the gopis at Dan Ghati.

The gopis asked Krsna questions like, "Did You receive this forest from Your father, or, from where have You gotten it, why should we pay tax to you?"

yatraiva krsno vrsabhanu-putrya
danam grhitum kalaham vitene
sruteh sprha hyatra mahaty atah sri
govardhano me disatam abhistam

Demanding a road tax, Krsna quarrelled for several hours with the daughter of Vrsabhanu Maharaja. Rasika-bhaktas (Personified Vedas) visiting Govardhana are eager to listen to that sweet prema quarrel. May that Govardhana fulfil my desire that I also can hear that verbal battle. (Sri Govardhanastakam, verse 3- Viswanath)