Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura Appearance Day || H.G. Sarvasakshi Prabhu || 12.02.2025

Narottama Dasa Thakur Vaishnavism Narottama Dasa Thakura (13 February 1520; date of death unknown), also known as Thakura Mahasaya, was a Gaudiya Vaishnava saint who spread Vaishnava bhakti throughout Odisha, in Bengal, and elsewhere in India.[1] Narottama Dasa was the son of King Krishnananda Datta and Narayani Devi, who resided in Gopalpur Pargana of the modern-day Rajshahi district of Bangladesh. According to some scriptues, after the death of his father he entrusted his royal duties to the eldest son of his paternal uncle and left for Vrindavana.[citation needed] Narottama Dasa Thakura was a lifelong brahmachari. He was born in a family of the Bengali Kulin Kayastha caste, the son of King Shri Krishnananda Datta, who ruled the area of Gopalpura in Rajashahi district of modern-day Bangladesh, his capital being Khetri on the Padma River. Narottama's mother was Narayani Devi, and he was born on the purnima (full-moon day) in the month of Magha (January/February) 1520, which corresponds to 13 February 1520. [2] From Narottama's early childhood he was always attracted to Sri Chaitanya. When Narottama was born the astrologers came, cast a chart, and said that this boy wouldl become either a great king or a mendicant preacher. He was also trained in Sanskrit, which he mastered in a short time. He was renowned for his skill in Sanskrit grammar, poetry, prosody, etc. At the age of twelve Narottama dasa Thakura had a vision of Lord Nityananda in a dream. Nityananda told Narottama to bathe in the Padma River, whereupon he would receive love of Godhead. Following the instructions of Lord Nityananda, Narottama bathed in the Padma, and the Goddess of the river appeared and on the order of Lord Chaitanya gave him pure love of Godhead. As the golden boy walked by, all the onlookers wondered who this enchanting young boy was, and when he reached his home, his own mother could not recognise him and wondered about the identity of the extraordinary boy. He then explained to his mother that he was her very own son and related to her the incident that had changed his complexion from dark to golden. Narottama had many thousands of disciples, mostly in the areas of modern day Bangladesh. He departed under the tamarind tree at Prema Ghat by the side of the Ganges (Padma River) at Kheturi, where Lord Chaitanya had sat, and where the goddess of the river presented to Narottama pure love of Godhead, after composing the beautiful song, "Saparsada bhagavad viraha janita vilapa," which begins "je anilo prema dhana koruna pracur heno prabhu kotha gela acarya thakura. His life is described in Prema-vilasa. In Vrindavan, Narottama was received by Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami. After Narottama was initiated by Lokanatha Gosvami who in turn instructed him to go and study from Jiva Goswami. He traveled to Bengal with other sadhus (holy men), like Srinivasa Acarya, to distribute devotional writings to the general public. Fifty years after the disappearance of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Narottama organized annual festivals in Bengal, which served to keep the Gaudiya philosophy unified. The significant meeting took place in Kheturi where the Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's sect was defined. The exact year of this event is unknown but some say that it was around 1572.[3] #vrindavan #srilaprabhupad #livestream #darshan #livetv #devotional #srilaprabhupadavani #srimadbhagvatam #bhaktiyoga #bhajan #kirtan #livestream #harekrishna #harekrishnamahamantra #harekrishnamovement #krishnaconsciousness #lilacharitra #glorification