These six Gosvāmīns, they were very important men of their age, in five hundred years before. These Rūpa and Sanātana, they were great politicians, ministers, of the then Muhammadan government in Bengal. In Bengal at that time the Pathans were ruling. Before the Moguls came, there were Pathan ruling. For one thousand years the Muhammadans invaded India, from 1000 A.D. up to 1947, till the end of the British period. India was under subjugation by so many foreigners: Muhammadans, Greeks, and so many others. Lastly, the Muhammadans ruled for eight hundred years. And the Britishers ruled for two hundred years. So now they have got independence, India.
So at that time the Bengal was being ruled by the Muhammadans, Pathans, and their entrusted ministers were these Rūpa and Sanātana. They were converted into practically Muhammadan. Hindu society was very strict at that time. Still they are very strict. Anyone serving a foreigner, he becomes at once ostracized. He is at once, I mean to say, rejected from the social intercourse. So these brothers, Rūpa and Sanātana, because they accepted Muhammadan rulers' service as minister, they were outcasted from the . . . they were actually Brāhmiṇs by caste.
Some way or other, these Rūpa and Sanātana contacted Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and they retired from their service and joined. And after all, they became the most important leaders of this movement, Rūpa and Sanātana. Now, this Rūpa and Sanātana, when they retired from their service, they brought home gold coins. At that time there was no currency notes. Actual value gold coins were in . . . now, that gold coins was about two and a half ounce weight. Just like imagine what is the value now, whatever it may be. That means the estimation is some millions of rupees they brought home after their retirement.