Disappearance Day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and Śrīla Gadādhara Paṇḍita – 2025

Wednesday, 25 June 2025 [Mayapur, West Bengal, India Time
Disappearance Day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
Disappearance Day of Śrīla Gadādhara Paṇḍita

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Disappearance Day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
Today we honor the Disappearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, a great acharya in the Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya. Though a householder and government magistrate, Bhaktivinoda Thakur was a pure devotee who worked tirelessly to spread Krishna consciousness.

He wrote over 100 books on Vaishnava philosophy, excavated Lord Chaitanya’s birthplace in Mayapur, and introduced Krishna conscious literature to the West. Despite his busy life, he would sleep only a few hours at night to write and preach.

Bhaktivinoda Thakur exemplified how one can be a strict devotee in any position of life. As Srila Prabhupada explains: “From his dealings, from his life, we should learn how one can become a preacher in any stage of life. It doesn’t matter what he is.”

On this auspicious day, let us remember Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s dedication and seek his blessings to make advancement in Krishna consciousness.

Disappearance Day of Śrīla Gadādhara Paṇḍita
baḍa śākhā, — gadādhara paṇḍita-gosāñi
teṅho lakṣmī-rūpā, tāṅra sama keha nāi
“Gadādhara Paṇḍita, the fourth branch, is described as an incarnation of the pleasure potency of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. No one, therefore, can equal him.”
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta » Ādi-līlā 10.15 | 1973 Edition)

Srila Prabhupada: In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā verses 147 through 153 it is stated, “The pleasure potency of Śrī Kṛṣṇa formerly known as Vṛndāvaneśvarī is now personified in the form of Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī has pointed out that in the shape of Lakṣmī, the pleasure potency of Kṛṣṇa, she was formerly very dear to the Lord as Śyāmasundara-vallabhā. The same Śyāmasundara-vallabhā is now present as Gadādhara Paṇḍita. Formerly, as Lalitā-sakhī, she was always devoted to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. In the Twelfth chapter of this part of Caitanya-caritāmṛta there is a description of the descendants or disciplic succession of Gadādhara Paṇḍita.
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta » Ādi-līlā 10.15 >> Purport | 1973 Edition.)