Disapparence day of Devananda Panditji -6th jan 05

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bhägavaté devänanda vakreçvara-kåpäte

bhägavatera bhakti-artha päila prabhu haite

TRANSLATION

Devänanda Paëòita was a professional reciter of

Çrémad-Bhägavatam, but by the mercy of Vakreçvara

Paëòita and the grace of the Lord he understood the

devotional interpretation of the Bhägavatam.

PURPORT

In the Caitanya-bhägavata, Madhya-khaëòa, Chapter

Twenty-one, it is stated that Devänanda Paëòita and

Särvabhauma Bhaööäcärya’s father, Viçärada, lived in

the same village. Devänanda Paëòita was a

professional reciter of Çrémad-Bhägavatam, but Lord

Caitanya Mahäprabhu did not like his interpretation of

it. In the present town of Navadvépa, which was

formerly known as Kuliyä, Lord Caitanya showed such

mercy to him that he gave up the Mäyävädé

interpretation of Çrémad-Bhägavatam and learned how to

explain Çrémad-Bhägavatam in terms of bhakti.

Formerly, when Devänanda was expounding the Mäyävädé

interpretation, Çréväsa Öhäkura was once present in

his meeting, and when he began to cry, Devänanda’s

students drove him away. Some days later, Caitanya

Mahäprabhu passed that way, and when He met Devänanda

He chastised him severely because of his Mäyäväda

interpretation of Çrémad-Bhägavatam. At that time

Devänanda had little faith in Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu

as an incarnation of Lord Kåñëa, but one night some

time later Vakreçvara Paëòita was a guest in his

house, and when he explained the science of Kåñëa,

Devänanda was convinced about the identity of Lord

Caitanya Mahäprabhu. Thus he was induced to explain

Çrémad-Bhägavatam according to the Vaiñëava

understanding. In the Gaura-gaëoddeça-dépikä (106) it

is described that he was formerly Bhäguri Muni, the

sabhä-paëòita who recited Vedic literatures in the

house of Nanda Mahäräja

 

 

 

 

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