Thursday, 23 October 2025 [Mayapura, West Bengal, India Time]
Disappearance of Srila Vāsudeva Ghoṣa
Vāsudeva Ghoṣa, an intimate associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, was renowned for his singing in Kirtan. Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita mentions that when Vāsudeva Ghoṣa led kirtan, even wood and stone would melt upon hearing it. He composed numerous songs about Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Vāsudeva Ghoṣa and his brothers Govinda and Madhava are eternal associates of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu.
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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 10, Text 115 (1973 Edition). All synonyms, translation, and purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda:
TEXT 115
গোবিন্দ, মাধব, বাসুদেব,—তিন ভাই ।
যাঁ–সবার কীর্তনে নাচে চৈতন্য–নিতাই ॥ ১১৫ ॥
govinda, mādhava, vāsudeva–tina bhāi
yāṅ-sabāra kīrtane nāce caitanya-nitāi
SYNONYMS
govinda—of the name Govinda; mādhava—of the name Mādhava; vāsudeva—of the name Vāsudeva; tina bhāi—three brothers; yāṅ-sabāra—all of whom; kīrtane—in the performance of saṅkīrtana; nāce—dance; caitanya-nitāi—Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda Prabhu.
TRANSLATION
The three brothers Govinda, Mādhava and Vāsudeva were the eighty-second, eighty-third and eighty-fourth branches of the tree. Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda used to dance in their kīrtana performances.
PURPORT
The three brothers Govinda, Mādhava and Vāsudeva Ghoṣa all belonged to a kāyastha family. Govinda established the Gopīnātha temple in Agradvīpa, where he resided. Mādhava Ghoṣa was expert in performing kīrtana. No one within this world could compete with him. He was known as the singer of Vṛndāvana and was very dear to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. It is said that when the three brothers performed saṅkīrtana, immediately Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda would dance in ecstasy. According to the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (188), the three brothers were formerly Kalāvatī, Rasollāsā and Guṇatuṅgā, who recited the songs composed by Śrī Viśākhā-gopī. The three brothers were among one of the seven parties that performed kīrtana when Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu attended the Ratha-yātrā festival at Jagannātha Purī. Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was the chief dancer in their party. This is vividly described in the Madhya-līlā, Chapter Thirteen, verses 42 and 43.
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