akumära-brahmacäré sarva-tértha-darçi parama-bhägavatottamaù çréla-narottama-däsa “A brahmacäré for his entire life, Narottama däsa visited all the places of pilgrimage. He was on the highest platform of devotional achievement.” (Bhakti-ratnäkara 1.256) Narottama Dasa Thakura is Campaka Maïjaré in Kåñëa-lélä. Eternally assisting Rüpa Maïjaré in her service to Rädhä and Kåñëa, Campaka Maïjaré had mercy on the conditioned …
Puthiya Rajbari is one kilometer off the Natore-Rajshahi highway. A famous and ancient Zamider lived here who was from the realm of the Mughal emperor, Akbar. Once, the sons of Çréniväsa Äcärya sent two Vaiñëavas to this region. At that time the king was Ravindranäräyaëa. He was a Shakta follower, but converted to Vaiñëavism by …
“Pana” means promise. Sri Advaita Acharya’s mother, Nabha Devé, desired to take bath in the Ganges but was lamenting her old age and the distance of the Ganges from her village. To fulfil his mother’s desire, Advaita Äcärya promised His mother, “I will call Gaìgä Devé and the other térthas and ask them to flow …
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu started teaching in the house of Mukunda Saïjaya after His student life. Mahapraphu had great fun with the residents of Navadvépa and Çréhatta during this time. vishesha calena prabhu dekhi’ shrihattiya kadarthena sei-mata vacana baliya “The Lord particularly teased the residents of Çréhatta by mimicking their pronunciation.” krodhe srihaööiya-gana bale,-“aya aya tumi …
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur has written in his Anubhasya of Caitanya-caritämåta about the offspring of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Sanatana Goswami, “There was a great scholar named Sarvajïa who was a world-renowned spiritual master from Bharadvaja Gotra, who appeared in 12th century in the Brahmin-dynasty of Karnataka state. His son Aniruddha had two sons …
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jäti, kula, saba-nirarthaka’ bujhäite janmilena néca-kule prabhura äjïäte adhama-kulete yadi viñëu-bhakta haya tathäpi se-i se püjya’—sarva-çästre kaya uttama-kulete janmi’ çré-kåñëe nä bhaje kule tä’ra ki karibe, narakete maje ei saba veda-väkyera säkñé dekhäite janmilena haridäsa adhama-kulete On the order of the Lord, Haridasa was born in a low-class family to show that birth in a …
Purushottam Das was the son of Sree sadashiv Kabiraj. In kåñëa-lélä he was the cowherd boy named Stoka-kåñëa. His son, Sri kanu Thakur, appeared at Sukhasagar village in the district of Nadia on a Tuesday in 1535 AD. That day was Sukla-dvitiya of the Bengali month of Ashar, and was the occasion of Ratha-yatra. Känu …
Çré Kumäradeva, the father of Çré Rüpa and Çré Sanätana Gosvämés, constructed a gorgeous rest house there. It is mentioned in Bhakti-ratnäkara, jessore fateyavada name gräma haya gatäyata hetu tätha karila aläya “There was a village named Fateyavada in Jessore where he built a house for the convenience of communication between Rämakeli and Bakla-candradvépa.” (1.566) …
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Sri Murari Gupta is one of the chief associates in Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu childhood pastimes. According to Gauòéya-Vaiñëava abhidhäna , his birthplace is at Goalabazar in Sylhet District. bhava-roga-vaidya çré muräri-näma yäìra ‘çréhaööa’ e-saba vaiñëavera ‘avatära’ “They, along with Sri Murari Gupta, who cures the living entities of their material disease, all took birth in …
Vaiñëava Särvabhauma Sri Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Maharaja appeared in the Vinnauri village of Tangail around 1748 AD. His father Sri Gopal Nandi, named him Sri Narahari Nandi. He lived as a paramahaàsa in Çré Navadvépa and Çré Vraja-maëòala. While living in Sürya-kunòa, he accepted Çréla Madhusüdana däsa Bäbäjé as his spiritual master. Çréla Madhusüdana däsa …
