{"id":907,"date":"2023-04-19T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnn.org\/vaisnava-news\/?p=907"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:42:56","slug":"the-appearance-of-sri-gadadhara-pandita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/sri-raya-ramananda-4","title":{"rendered":"The Appearance of Sri Gadadhara Pandita"},"content":{"rendered":"

By B. R. Sridhara Deva Goswami<\/p>\n

\"gadadhara\"<\/a>The following excerpt originally appears in\u00a0<\/em>Follow the Angels, available\u00a0<\/em>here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The advent day of Gadadhara Pandita is on\u00a0amavasya<\/em>, on the night of the dark\u00a0moon. Mahaprabhu came in the full moon,\u00a0purnima<\/em>, and he drew the entirety of\u00a0internal wealth from Gadadhara Pandita. Mahaprabhu made him quite empty. He\u00a0sent Gadadhara Pandita on a black night in the hot summer season. In\u00a0Mahaprabhu\u2019s case, he descended on the night of the full moon during a very\u00a0good season. Krishna descended in the middle of the lunar period. Radharani\u00a0also appeared in the middle. When they combined as one, they appeared under\u00a0the full moon. But Gadadhara Pandita appeared under the blackest night.<\/p>\n

Gadadhara Pandita appeared and disappeared during the summer season, under\u00a0the new moon. Mahaprabhu took the fullest advantage from Gadadhara, and sent\u00a0him to the most negative position. Gadadhara Pandita gave himself voluntarily\u00a0to him. His very heart was drawn by Mahaprabhu,\u00a0bhava-kanti<\/em>. And he, just\u00a0like a shadow, gave the entirety of his wealth to Mahaprabhu. Gadadhara\u00a0Pandita was a shadow, running after him as if his heart had been stolen. This person stole all his wealth, and he was fully dependent on him. Like a\u00a0shadow, he is moving after him.<\/p>\n

Radharani has two corresponding moods: she is Radha in Krishna\u00a0lila<\/em>, and in Gaura\u00a0lila<\/em>, the mood of distribution, she is Gadadhara. In Gaura\u00a0lila<\/em>, Krishna\u00a0Gauranga appears with the\u00a0bhava-kanti<\/em>\u00a0of Radharani as Gadadhara, the man\u00a0standing by his side like a\u00a0niskincana<\/em>, one who has lost everything. He is\u00a0standing there just like a facsimile, only a carcass, only the form without\u00a0the spirit.<\/p>\n

But Gadadhara has so much inner attraction for Mahaprabhu that it surpasses\u00a0all of his other associates. In Gadadhara we find personified love for\u00a0Gauranga. No such degree of love for Gauranga can be found anywhere else.\u00a0Next in affection is Svarupa-damodara. Then come Rupa and Sanatana, in the\u00a0madhurya-lila<\/em>\u00a0connection; then Nityananda, and Saci-Mata in the\u00a0vatsalya<\/em>\u00a0connection. Advaita Prabhu and Srivasa Pandita also have love for Mahaprabhu,\u00a0but their devotion is of another type. It is not so deep from the point of\u00a0view of love, but a respectful attachment.<\/p>\n

Gadadhara Pandita tolerated injustice his whole life. All wealth was\u00a0plundered from his heart. As with Radharani, everything is ransacked by Krishna\u00a0to enhance his\u00a0lila<\/em>. And the real owner, he is treated as if he were\u00a0bankrupt. Gadadhara is bankrupt in his own wealth; that is his position.<\/p>\n

He is wholly dedicated to Mahaprabhu. Gadadhara Pandita\u2019s position, the part\u00a0he played, was something like that of Radharani: her heart stolen by Krishna,\u00a0the empty body still standing.\u00a0Radha-bhava-dyuti-suvalitam naumi\u00a0krsna-svarupam\u2014<\/em>he was fully engrossed in the conception of Sri Gauranga.\u00a0Gauranga took everything from him, so he had no other alternative; he was\u00a0fully absorbed, captured completely by him.<\/p>\n

We find his activity throughout his whole life was like this. Of the other\u00a0devotees, some were ordered to go to Vrindavana, and some were allowed to go\u00a0there, but though Gadadhara Pandita wanted to visit Vrindavana with Mahaprabhu himself, he was denied. When Jagadananda Pandita asked to go there,\u00a0Mahaprabhu, with hesitation, granted him permission, \u201cYes, go there, but\u00a0move always under the guidance of Rupa and Sanatana.\u201d He also gave him some\u00a0special instructions. But Gadadhara Pandita was not allowed to go there.<\/p>\n

He was the expansion of Srimati Radharani herself, yet his peculiar position\u00a0was such: the Queen of Vrindavana, but now transferred to Navadvipa. His\u00a0position had become just the opposite; he could not enter Vrindavana! He\u00a0prayed for permission, but Mahaprabhu did not give it. He said, \u201cNo, stay and\u00a0live here.\u201d And he had to do so. Sri Gadadhara Pandita represents the predominated moiety of the whole. The whole consists of predominating and predominated moieties, and he represents the predominated half. He is one\u00a0half of the Absolute Truth.<\/p>\n

We may look to the outer aspect of Gadadhara; his\u00a0bhava<\/em>\u00a0has been taken,\u00a0emptied. Rukmini means\u00a0daksina<\/em>, not\u00a0vama<\/em>. The\u00a0vama<\/em>\u00a0nature is a little\u00a0aggressive, and fights with the lover.\u00a0Daksina<\/em>\u00a0tolerates everything, whatever\u00a0comes, only with a defensive attitude. That is\u00a0daksina<\/em>, that is the mood of\u00a0Rukmini. So when Mahaprabhu plunders the spirit of Radharani, the rebellious\u00a0vama<\/em>\u00a0nature, what remains is comparable to Rukmini\u2014a passive seer,\u00a0without any power to assert, only an onlooker. An onlooker\u2014tolerating\u00a0everything, a very pitiable condition that elicits kindness and sympathy from\u00a0everyone.<\/p>\n

Just see what he is and what she is, and what is her position now. See how her lover has taken everything from her, looted everything from her, leaving her as a beggar wandering in the street. Radharani, when ransacked to such a\u00a0degree by Krishna, becomes Gadadhara, the pitiable figure. But her wealth\u00a0cannot abandon her forever. She is the proprietor; the owner cannot be far\u00a0off. After a long time, all must come to her again, someday. And those who\u00a0serve her in her day of distress will receive a great remuneration when she\u00a0recalls her property.<\/p>\n

Gadadhara is the\u00a0asraya<\/em>\u00a0(shelter) and Gaura is the\u00a0visaya<\/em>\u00a0(enjoyer). But\u00a0visaya<\/em>\u00a0has taken the mood, the nature of\u00a0asraya<\/em>. That is Gaura, both shelter\u00a0and enjoyer combined. When Krishna assumes the characteristics of Radhika, he\u00a0is Gaura. The inaugurator of\u00a0nama-sankirtana<\/em>, that is Gaura-Narayana. He is\u00a0visaya-avatara<\/em>, the incarnation of enjoyment. Gauranga is Radha-Krishna combined; he is Krishna in the mood of Radhika. He has accepted the nature of\u00a0Radhika.<\/p>\n

When he is searching after himself, trying to taste what sort of ecstasy is\u00a0in himself, that self-searching Krishna is Gauranga. He is trying to understand himself, what sort of ecstasy is within him. Krishna in the mood of his\u00a0devotee, that is Gauranga: introspection, self-seeking, searching for his own\u00a0wealth.<\/p>\n

He is also distributing it to others. He is inquiring about himself and\u00a0distributing that personally to the public. That is Gauranga, showing how he\u00a0should be served by serving himself. He is demonstrating to the public how he\u00a0should be served. And for that he took the mood of Radharani, to search after himself. What is there? Why should others come to him, what is he that so\u00a0attracts them? And then he is giving himself to others. Krishna is\u00a0guru<\/em>. When\u00a0Krishna himself is\u00a0guru<\/em>, then he is Gauranga\u2014guru-rupa-hari\u00a0guru-rupa-harim<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Gadadhara Pandita is\u00a0radha-bhava-dyuti-suvalitam<\/em>. The entire wealth of\u00a0Radharani\u2019s feelings, her sentiments, mood, and even her luster were taken by\u00a0Krishna. Radharani voluntarily gave all these things. \u201cI can\u2019t allow you to\u00a0roll on the earth with your body. I shall enfold you.\u201d That emptiness we\u00a0find in Gadadhara Pandita; he is running after Mahaprabhu as his shadow. But\u00a0he is not poor. It is his wealth that has given Mahaprabhu such a dignified\u00a0position.<\/p>\n

Some even think that he is superior to Krishna himself, that magnanimous\u00a0Gauranga, the public deliverer of Krishna. For our interest, on behalf of the\u00a0fallen souls, Gaura has come to us for general relief work. We cannot but\u00a0think that he is greater than Krishna. And Gadadhara Pandita\u2019s contribution is\u00a0there in him. In the high summer, in the darkest night, Gadadhara Pandita\u00a0appeared. But that does not mean that we should underestimate him. What is\u00a0his reality, his nature as Radharani, we have to inquire, understand, and\u00a0realize.<\/p>\n

Gadadhara Pandita disappeared on\u00a0amavasya<\/em>, during the dark moon. Bhaktivinoda\u00a0Thakura also passed away under the dark moon. Prabhupada has written,\u00a0gadadhara din dhari paiyaca gaurahari<\/em>. Prabhupada noted something common to\u00a0Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Gadadhara Pandita, that they disappeared on the same\u00a0day. In this connection Bhaktivinoda Thakura received the grace of Sri\u00a0Gauranga. Bhaktivinoda is a favorite of his; Prabhupada has revealed this.<\/p>\n

In another place he wrote that the eternal pastimes are always going on in\u00a0Navadvipa\u00a0dhama<\/em>. Sometimes they are underground, invisible to us, and\u00a0sometimes on the surface.\u00a0Nitya-lila<\/em>\u00a0always is invisible to us. Now,\u00a0suddenly, these two personalities have come to the surface, Gadadhara Pandita\u00a0and Svarupa-damodara. Both have come. Svarupa-damodara came as Gaura-kisora\u00a0and Gadadhara Pandita came as Bhaktivinoda Thakura. This is not to be given\u00a0expression in any and every place. This is concealed truth, not to be\u00a0expressed everywhere and anywhere. This is the fact: they are always here,\u00a0continuing their own function, their participation in the\u00a0lila<\/em>\u00a0of Gauranga.\u00a0Sometimes it is underground, sometimes over-ground, but it is always\u00a0difficult to recognize them.<\/p>\n

Prabhupada wrote, \u201cI suddenly found Svarupa-damodara as Gaura-kisora, and\u00a0Gadadhara Pandita as Bhaktivinoda Thakura \u2013\u00a0they most graciously gave me\u00a0that sort of vision. I could see them as two\u00a0parsadas<\/em>, the eternal companions\u00a0of Gauranga. I found that.\u201d It is mentioned in the conclusion to his\u00a0Caitanya-caritamrta Anubhasya<\/em>, \u201cHere, in Navadvipa\u00a0dhama<\/em>, the eternal\u00a0pastimes are going on continuously; only those who have got that deep vision\u00a0can perceive it.\u201d<\/p>\n

gadadhara mitra-vara, sri svarupa-damodara<\/em>
\nsada kala gaura-<\/em>krsna yaje<\/em>
\njagatera dekhi\u2019 klesa, dhariya bhiksuka-vesa<\/em>
\naharaham krsna-nama bhaje<\/em>
\nsri gaura icchaya dui, mahima ki kava muia<\/em>
\nprakrta parisada-katha<\/em>
\nprakata haiya seve, krsna-gaurabhinna-deve<\/em>
\naprakasya katha yatha tatha<\/em><\/p>\n

Prabhupada says,<\/p>\n

It is very difficult to perceive the sweet will of Sri\u00a0Gauranga, but if we can lift ourselves to that level, we see that\u00a0Svarupa-damodara Gosvami and Sri Gadadhara Pandita are always engaged in\u00a0their service here in Navadvipa. Sometimes it is suppressed and sometimes it\u00a0is appearing on the surface. In that plane all is going on by the sweet will\u00a0of Sri Gauranga, without any restriction. But now I find that those two have\u00a0appeared on the surface as Srila Gaura-kisora Dasa Babaji and Srila\u00a0Bhaktivinoda Thakura. I have seen it with my own eye of divine service. But\u00a0this is not to be advertised, not to be given publicity anywhere and\u00a0everywhere; people will laugh at it. But this is my heartfelt conclusion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once, I was going to compile the very gist of the\u00a0Bhagavatam<\/em>. Bhaktivinoda\u00a0Thakura has compiled one-thousand slokas in his\u00a0Bhagavad-arka Marici Mala\u2014<\/em>I had in mind half of that, at least three-hundred\u00a0slokas<\/em>\u00a0to represent the\u00a0whole\u00a0Bhagavatam<\/em>. I composed an introduction for that book and thissloka<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0there \u2013<\/p>\n

nilambhodhi-tate sada sva-viraha ksepanvitam bandhavam<\/em>
\nsrimad-bhagavati katha madiraya sanjivayan bhati yah<\/em>
\nsrimad-bhagavatam sada sva-nayanasru-payanaih pujayan<\/em>
\ngosvami-pravaro gadadhara-vibhur-bhuyat mad-eka-gatih<\/em><\/p>\n

May Gadadhara Prabhu be my exclusive goal, the destination of my whole life.\u00a0He is sent to engage in a particular duty on the shore of that infinite\u00a0ocean. The infinite ocean is there and just on the shore he is sitting, and\u00a0what is he doing? What is his duty?\u00a0Aksepanvitam bandhavam\u2014<\/em>he\u2019s giving\u00a0consolation to his friend. And who is that friend? It is Mahaprabhu, who is\u00a0madly searching for his own self. He is mad!\u00a0Aksepanvitam\u2014<\/em>in a very\u00a0distressed condition. He is greatly afflicted with separation from his own self. Gadadhara is such a friend! He is\u00a0 giving some wine to give him relief\u00a0from that pain. And what is that wine? That is\u00a0bhagavati-katha\u2014<\/em>the\u00a0discourse of\u00a0Srimad<\/em>\u00a0Bhagavatam<\/em>of Krishna and Vrindavana. He is distributing,\u00a0serving the wine of\u00a0bhagavata-katha<\/em>\u00a0to his friend who is suffering from the\u00a0extreme pain of the separation from his own self.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Such is severe separation.\u00a0Sva-viraha\u2014<\/em>he is searching in separation from his own self and it is so painful. He is afflicted and to remove his\u00a0affliction, Gadadhara is serving some wine, and that wine is coming from the\u00a0discourse of the\u00a0Srimad Bhagavatam\u2014<\/em>the Vrindavana story.<\/p>\n

Sanjivayan bhati yah\u2014<\/em>he is enlivening his life giving that wine of\u00a0Krishna\u00a0katha<\/em>.\u00a0Srimad bhagavatam sada sva-nayanasru-payanaih<\/em>.\u00a0Asru<\/em>means\u00a0articles of worship, and what are the articles for the worship of the\u00a0Bhagavatam<\/em>? His own tears\u2014he is worshipping the\u00a0Bhagavatam<\/em>\u00a0with his own\u00a0tears.<\/p>\n

Gosvami-pravaro gadadhara-vibhur-bhuyat\u2014<\/em>may I be blessed with the grace\u00a0of Gadadhara Pandita, the master of the\u00a0Bhagavatam<\/em>\u00a0from whom Mahaprabhu\u00a0listens to the\u00a0Bhagavatam<\/em>. I invoke his mercy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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