Guest guest Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Hare Krishna, PAMHO, AGTSP Kindly glorify the pastimes of Srila Gadadhara dasa, Dhananjaya Pandita & Srinivasa Acarya on their disappearance day on 9th Nov. In view of the fact that I don't have the qualification to glorify the pastimes; all I have done is copied the pastimes from Caitanya Critamrta. Your servant in mission of Srila Prabhupada Nanda Gopal Dasa CC: Adi 10.53 TEXT 53 TEXT sri-gadadhara dasa sakha sarvopari kaji-ganera mukhe yenha bolaila hari SYNONYMS sri-gadadhara dasa-Sri Gadadhara dasa; sakha-another branch; sarva-upari-above all; kaji-ganera-of the Kazis (Muslim magistrates); mukhe-in the mouth; yenha-one who; bolaila-caused to speak; hari-the holy name of Hari. TRANSLATION Sri Gadadhara dasa, the twenty-third branch, was understood to be the topmost, for he induced all the Muslim Kazis to chant the holy name of Lord Hari. PURPORT About eight or ten miles from Calcutta, on the banks of the Ganges, is a village known as Endiyadaha-grama. Srila Gadadhara dasa was known as an inhabitant of this village (endiyadaha-vasi gadadhara dasa). The Bhakti-ratnakara (Seventh Wave), informs us that after the disappearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Gadadhara dasa went from Navadvipa to Katwa. Thereafter he came to Endiyadaha and resided there. He is stated to be the luster of the body of Srimati Radharani, just as Srila Gadadhara Pandita Gosvami is an incarnation of Srimati Radharani Herself. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is sometimes explained to be radha-bhava-dyuti-suvalita, or characterized by the emotions and bodily luster of Srimati Radharani. Gadadhara dasa is this dyuti, or luster. In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (154) he is described to be an expansion of the potency of Srimati Radharani. He counts among the associates of both Srila Gaurahari and Nityananda Prabhu; as a devotee of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu he was one of the associates of Lord Krsna in conjugal love, and as a devotee of Lord Nityananda he is considered to have been one of the friends of Krsna in pure devotional service. Even though he was an associate of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, he was not among the cowherd boys but was situated in the transcendental mellow of conjugal love. He established a temple of Sri Gaurasundara in Katwa. In 1434 Sakabda (A.D. 1512), when Lord Nityananda Prabhu was empowered by Lord Caitanya to preach the sankirtana movement in Bengal, Sri Gadadhara dasa was one of Lord Nityananda's chief assistants. He preached the sankirtana movement by requesting everyone to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. This simple preaching method of Srila Gadadhara dasa can be followed by anyone and everyone in any position of society. One must simply be a sincere and serious servant of Nityananda Prabhu and preach this cult door to door. When Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was preaching the cult of hari-kirtana, there was a magistrate who was very much against his sankirtana movement. Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Gadadhara dasa one night went to the house of the Kazi and requested him to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. The Kazi replied, "All right, I shall chant Hare Krsna tomorrow." On hearing this, Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu began to dance, and he said, "Why tomorrow? You have already chanted the Hare Krsna mantra, so simply continue." In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (verses 154-55) it is said: radha-vibhuti-rupa ya candrakantih pura vraje sa sri-gauranga-nikate dasa-vamsyo gadadharah purnananda vraje yasid baladeva-priyagrani sapi karya-vasad eva pravisat tam gadadharam Srila Gadadhara dasa is considered to be a united form of Candrakanti, who is the effulgence of Srimati Radharani, and Purnananda, who is the foremost of Lord Balarama's very dear girlfriends. Thus Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was one of the associates of both Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu. Once while Srila Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was returning to Bengal from Jagannatha Puri with Nityananda Prabhu, he forgot himself and began talking very loudly as if he were a girl of Vrajabhumi selling yogurt, and Srila Nityananda Prabhu noted this. Another time, while absorbed in the ecstasy of the gopis, he carried a jug filled with Ganges water on his head as if he were selling milk. When Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in the house of Raghava Pandita while going to Vrndavana, Gadadhara dasa went to see Him, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was so glad that He put His foot on his head. When Gadadhara dasa Prabhu was present in Endiyadaha, he established a Bala Gopala murti for worship there. Sri Madhava Ghosa performed a drama known as Dana-khanda with the help of Sri Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Gadadhara dasa. This is explained in the Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya 5.318-94). The tomb of Gadadhara dasa Prabhu, which is in the village of Endiyadaha, was under the control of the Samyogi Vaisnavas and later under the direction of Siddha Bhagavan dasa Babaji of Kalna. By his order, Sri Madhusudana Mullik, one of the members of the aristocratic Mullik family of the Narikeladanga in Calcutta, established a patavati (monastery) there in the Bengali year 1256 (A.D. 1849). He also arranged for the worship of a Deity named Sri Radhakanta. His son Balaicanda Mullik established Gaura-Nitai Deities there in the Bengali year 1312 (A.D. 1905). Thus on the throne of the temple are both Gaura-Nityananda Deities and Radha-Krsna Deities. Below the throne is a tablet with an inscription written in Sanskrit. In that temple there is also a small Deity of Lord Siva as Gopesvara. This is all described on a stone by the side of the entrance door. Adi 11.13 TEXT sri-ramadasa ara, gadadhara dasa caitanya-gosanira bhakta rahe tanra pasa TRANSLATION Two devotees of Lord Caitanya named Sri Ramadasa and Gadadhara dasa always lived with Sri Virabhadra Gosani. PURPORT Sri Ramadasa, later known as Abhirama Thakura, was one of the twelve gopalas, or cowherd boyfriends, of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (126) states that Sri Ramadasa was formerly Sridama. In the Bhakti-ratnakara (Fourth Wave), there is a description of Srila Abhirama Thakura. By the order of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Abhirama Thakura became a great acarya and preacher of the Caitanya cult of devotional service. He was a very influential personality, and nondevotees were very much afraid of him. Empowered by Sri Nityananda Prabhu, he was always in ecstasy and was extremely kind to all fallen souls. It is said that if he offered obeisances to any stone other than a salagrama-sila, it would immediately fracture. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "Ten miles southwest of the Canpadanga railway station on the narrow-gauge railway line from Howrah, in Calcutta, to Amta, a village in the Hugli district, is a small town named Khanakula-krsnanagara, where the temple in which Abhirama Thakura worshiped is situated. During the rainy season, when this area is inundated with water, people must go there by another line, which is now called the southeastern railway. On this line there is a station named Kolaghata, from which one has to go by steamer to Ranicaka. Seven and a half miles north of Ranicaka is Khanakula. The temple where Abhirama Thakura worshiped is situated in Krsnanagara, which is near the kula (bank) of the Khana (Dvarakesvara River); therefore this place is celebrated as Khanakula-krsnanagara. Outside of the temple is a bakula tree. This place is known as Siddha-bakula-kunja. It is said that when Abhirama Thakura came there, he sat down under this tree. In Khanakula-krsnanagara there is a big fair held every year in the month of Caitra [March-April] on the Krsna-saptami, the seventh day of the dark moon. Many hundreds and thousands of people gather for this festival. The temple where Abhirama Thakura worshiped has a very old history. The Deity in the temple is known as Gopinatha. There are many sevaita families living near the temple. It is said that Abhirama Thakura had a whip and that whoever he touched with it would immediately become an elevated devotee of Krsna. Among his many disciples, Sriman Srinivasa Acarya was the most famous and the most dear, but it is doubtful that he was his initiated disciple." CC: Adi 11.14-15 nityanande ajna dila yabe gaude yaite mahaprabhu ei dui dila tanra sathe ataeva dui-gane dunhara ganana madhava-vasudeva ghoserao ei vivarana TRANSLATION When Nityananda Prabhu was ordered to go to Bengal to preach, these two devotees [sri Ramadasa and Gadadhara dasa] were ordered to go with Him. Thus they are sometimes counted among the devotees of Lord Caitanya and sometimes among the devotees of Lord Nityananda. Similarly, Madhava Ghosa and Vasudeva Ghosa belonged to both groups of devotees simultaneously. CC: Adi 11.31 nityananda-priyabhrtya pandita dhananjaya atyanta virakta, sada krsna-premamaya TRANSLATION The sixteenth dear servant of Nityananda Prabhu was Dhananjaya Pandita. He was very much renounced and always merged in love of Krsna. PURPORT Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "Pandita Dhananjaya was a resident of the village in Katwa named Sitala. He was one of the twelve gopalas. His former name, according to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (127), was Vasudama. Sitala-grama is situated near the Mangalakota police station and Kaicara post office in the district of Burdwan. On the narrow railway from Burdwan to Katwa is a railway station about nine miles from Katwa known as Kaicara. One has to go about a mile northeast of this station to reach Sitala. The temple was a thatched house with walls made of dirt. Some time ago, the zamindars of Bajaravana Kabasi, the Mulliks, constructed a big house for the purpose of a temple, but for the last sixty-five years the temple has been broken down and abandoned. The foundation of the old temple is still visible. There is a tulasi pillar near the temple, and every year during the month of Kartika (October-November) the disappearance day of Dhananjaya is observed. It is said that for some time Pandita Dhananjaya was in a sankirtana party under the direction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and then he went to Vrndavana. Before going to Vrndavana, he lived for some time in a village named Sancadapancada, which is six miles south of the Memari railway station. Sometimes this village is also known as `the place of Dhananjaya' (Dhananjayera Pata). After some time, he left the responsibility for worship with a disciple and went back to Vrndavana. After returning from Vrndavana to Sitala-grama, he established a Deity of Gaurasundara in the temple. The descendants of Pandita Dhananjaya still live in Sitala-grama and look after the temple worship." Srinivasa Acarya After witnessing Lord Guranga's sannyasa ceremony at Katva, Caitanya Dasa and his pregnant wife visited Lord Caitanya in Jagannatha Puri. "Soon your wife will give birth to a son named 'Srinivasa' said Lord Caitanya, "and through Srinisava all the bhakti sastras of Rupa and Sanatana will be distributed." When his father left this world Srinivasa visited the remaining associates of Lord Gauranga in Katva, Navadvipa, Jagannatha Puri. They blessed Srinivasa and gave him valuable instructions for spiritual advancement. Seeing his absorption in Gauranga prema, they knew he was "an embodiment of Gaura-sakti, the energy of Sri Guranga Mahaprabhu." He came to Vrdavana, toured the twelve forests, and took diska from Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. Sri Jiva Gosvami taught him the complete philosophy of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. Acknowledging his vast learning, Sri Jiva gave Srinivasa the title "Acarya." Accepting Sri Jiva's order, Srinvasa and his two friends Syamananada Prabhu and Narottama Dasa Thakura pioneered the first transcendental book distribution party. Vrajabasi Sankirtana Party ki jai! They took a bullock cart of the Gosvami's devotional writings from Vrndavana and passed them out all over Bengal and Orissa. Srinivasa Acarya initiated many disciples (Ramacandra Kaviraja and others), wrote songs full of bhakti (Sad Gosvami-astakam), and introduced a special kirtana style. When leading kirtana he would sometimes lose his voice from chanting so long. Besides his external practiced intensive raganuga bhajana. Raganuga bhajana is the spontaneous internal worship of Radha and Krishna based on the mood and sentiments of the eternal residents of Sri Vrndavana dhama, such as the gopis. While doing manasi seva (service to Radha-Krishna within one's mind in a mentally conceived in spiritual form) he would often bring tangible paraphernalia from these meditations back with him upon returning to external consciousness. Once Srinivasa sat Lord Gauranga on jeweled throne within his mind. Then he worshiped the Lord with a golden handled camara whisk and five flowers garland. Pleased with his service, Gaura Raya offered the garland back to Srinivasa, who then immediately awoke and lost the meditation. A surprised Srinisava found the sweetest flower garland he ever smelled hanging around his neck when he returned to external consciousness. Another time Srinivasa was in his siddha svarupa as Mani-manjari watching Srimati Radharani, Sri Krishna, and the gopis in Holi lila (joyfully throwing colored powders and dyes on each other). The gopis told Mani-manjari to supply colors to Radhika and side with them in their "war" against Syama. The earth shook from their furious battle. Srinivasa's medication abruptly broke. His body was completely covered from head to toe with fragrant and exotic rainbow colored powders imported from the spiritual world. Holi lila ki jai! Srinivasa Acarya's samadhi is in the Dhira Samira samadhis area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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