{"id":76844,"date":"2020-07-10T09:49:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=76844"},"modified":"2020-07-10T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:49:39","slug":"srila-gopala-bhatta-gosvami-disappearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=76844","title":{"rendered":"Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami \u2013 Disappearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u015ar\u012bla Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Gosv\u0101m\u012b \u2013 Disappearance <\/strong><\/p>\n

In the holy land of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, where the Divine Couple \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-Govinda are performing their eternal pastimes, resided a great devotee named \u015ar\u012bla Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Gosv\u0101m\u012b, one of the six Gosv\u0101m\u012bs of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. But where did he come from? Why did he reside in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana? To know that we have to go to a holy place called \u015ar\u012b Ra\u1e45gam.<\/p>\n

In 1510, Mah\u0101prabhu went to \u015ar\u012b Ra\u1e45gam. Located in South-India, it is a major pilgrimage destination for \u015ar\u012b Vai\u1e63\u1e47avites. There, with His hands raised, He began chanting the Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Mah\u0101 Mantra. The chant was so sweet that it attracted the local devotees. One of the local devotees was Shri Vye\u1e45ka\u1e6da Bhatta, who detected the symptoms of a Mah\u0101puru\u015b, a great personage in Mah\u0101prabhu. After the k\u012brtan, Vye\u1e45ka\u1e6da went to Mah\u0101prabhu and asked for His mercy. Mah\u0101prabhu embraced him heartily. Vye\u1e45ka\u1e6da then asked Mah\u0101prabhu if He could stay at his residence as C\u0101turm\u0101sya was around the corner. Mah\u0101prabhu agreed and resided at his residence for four months. <\/p>\n

Vye\u1e45ka\u1e6da ‘s son was Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da and at the time of Mah\u0101prabhu’s visit he was only a child. When the little boy offered his respects at the feet of Mah\u0101prabhu, the Lord picked him up and held him on his lap, affectionately embracing the boy. Mah\u0101prabhu used to call the boy and give him the remnants of his pras\u0101da. By giving him his pras\u0101da, he was blessing Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da to become a great acharya in the future.<\/p>\n

After spending four months in the house of Vye\u1e45ka\u1e6da Bhatta it was time for Mah\u0101prabhu to bid farewell to their family. Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da fainted at the feet of Mah\u0101prabhu. He then instructed Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da to stay with his parents and serve them and later on come to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana where he would constantly hear and glorify the holy name of the Lord. After giving this instruction Mah\u0101prabhu left their house.<\/p>\n

In due course of time, Gop\u0101la learnt Sanskrit and excelled in learning the bhakti-\u015b\u0101stras from his uncle \u015ar\u012bl\u0101 Prabodh\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b. After the passing away of his parents, he then left for V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. <\/p>\n

When he came to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, \u015ar\u012bl\u0101 R\u016bpa and San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b greeted him and treated him like a brother. At that time \u015ar\u012bl\u0101 R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b was preparing to send messages with some devotees from Vrindavan to Mah\u0101prabhu in Pur\u012b. When Mah\u0101prabhu heard about Gop\u0101la\u2019s arrival in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana He sent with the messenger kaupin<\/em> and outer garments of t<\/a>he b\u0101b\u0101j\u012b order, to be given to Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Gosv\u0101m\u012b as symbols of his renunciation. Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Gosv\u0101m\u012b accepted this with great happiness, considering it to the Lord’s mercy and pras\u0101da.<\/p>\n

Lord Caitanya ordered Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da to write a book to check the spread of pseudo-loving rasas<\/em> and negligence to Vaidh\u012b-bhakti. <\/em>In corroboration with San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b he compiled the Hari-bhakti-vil\u0101sa,<\/em> the authorized book explaining the ritual and devotional practices of the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava sampradaya.<\/em> Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Gosv\u0101m\u012b was responsible for originating the six thesis of \u1e62a\u1e6d-sandarbha later elaborately developed by J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b. He also wrote Sat-kriy\u0101-s\u0101ra-d\u012bpik\u0101, a guide to Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava sa\u1e41sk\u0101r\u0101sand rituals for birth ceremonies, sacred thread initiations, marriage ceremonies, sannyasa, and funerals etc. <\/p>\n

\u015ar\u012bl\u0101 Prabhup\u0101da wonderfully summarizes the works, role in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Lila and disciples of \u015ar\u012bla Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Gosv\u0101m\u012b in the purport of CC Adi 10.105. He writes \u201c\u015ar\u012bla Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Gosv\u0101m\u012b compiled a book called Sat-kriy\u0101-s\u0101ra-d\u012bpik\u0101, edited the Hari-bhakti-vil\u0101sa, wrote a foreword to the \u1e62a\u1e6d-sandarbha and a commentary on the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-kar\u1e47\u0101m\u1e5bta, and installed the R\u0101dh\u0101rama\u1e47a Deity in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. In the Gaura-ga\u1e47odde\u015ba-d\u012bpik\u0101 (184) it is mentioned that his previous name in the pastimes of Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a was Ana\u1e45ga-ma\u00f1jar\u012b. Sometimes he is also said to have been an incarnation of Gu\u1e47a-ma\u00f1jar\u012b. \u015ar\u012bniv\u0101sa \u0100c\u0101rya and Gop\u012bn\u0101tha P\u016bj\u0101r\u012b were two of his disciples.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u015ar\u012bla Gop\u0101la Bha\u1e6d\u1e6da Gosv\u0101m\u012b was born in the year 1503 AD on the 13th day of the dark moon in the month of Pau\u015ba. He lived within this world for 75 years. In the 1578 AD, on the sixth day of the dark moon, he left this world behind and entered into the eternal pastimes of the Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami was born in the year 1503 AD on the 13th day of the dark moon in the month of Pausa. He lived within this world for 75 years. In the 1578 AD, on the sixth day of the dark moon, he left this world behind and entered into the eternal pastimes of the Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87281,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76844\/revisions\/87281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}