Sunday, 16 November 2025 [Mayapur, West Bengal, India Time]
Śrī Kāliyā Kṛṣṇadāsa Disappearance Day
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 11.37 (1973 Edition). All synonyms, translation, and purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda:
TEXT 37
কালা-কৃষ্ণদাস বড় বৈষ্ণবপ্রধান।
নিত্যানন্দ-চন্দ্র বিন্নু নাহি জানে আন ৷৷ ৩৭ ৷৷
kālā-kṛṣṇadāsa bada vaisnava-pradhāna
nityananda-candra vinu nāhi jāne āna
SYNONYMS
kālā-kṛṣṇadāsa—of the name Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa; baḍa—great; vaiṣṇava-pradhāna—first-class Vaisnava; nityananda-candra—Lord Nityananda; vinu—except; nāhi jāne—he did not know; āna—of anything else.
TRANSLATION
The twenty-second devotee of Lord Nityananda Prabhu was Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was the ninth cowherd boy. He was a first-class Vaiṣṇava and did not know anything beyond Nityananda Prabhu.
PURPORT
In the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya-khaṇḍa, Chapter Six, it is said that Kṛṣṇadāsa, who was known as Kāliyā Kṛṣṇadāsa, was formerly a gopāla (cowherd boy) of the name Labaṅga. He was one of the twelve cowherd boys. Kāliyā Kṛṣṇadāsa had his headquarters in a village named Ākāihāṭa, which is situated in the district of Burdwan within the jurisdiction of the post office and police station of Katwa. It is situated on the road to Navadvipa. To reach Ākāihāṭa, one has to go from the Vyāṇḍela junction station to the Katwa railway station and then go about two miles, or one has to get off at the Dāṅihāṭa station and from there go one mile. The village of Ākāihāṭa is very small. In the month of Caitra, on the day of Vāruṇi, there is a festival commemorating the disappearance day of Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa.
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