Disappearance Day of Sri Jagadisa Pandita

What is the disappearance day of Sri Jagadisa Pandita?

The disappearance day of Sri Jagadisa Pandita marks the day he left this world and entered the Lord's eternal pastimes. A neighbour of Sri Jagannatha Misra in Mayapur, he was dear to both Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda Prabhu. In 2027 the day is Sunday, 10 January, which is also the disappearance day of Srila Jiva Gosvami.

Significance

In the Caitanya-caritamrta, Jagadisa Pandita and Hiranya Mahasaya are branches of Lord Caitanya's tree, and the Lord showed them His causeless mercy in His childhood. The Caitanya-bhagavata tells the pastime. One Ekadashi, a day on which devotees eat no grains or beans, the infant Nimai would not stop crying. He told His parents, Jagannatha Misra and Sacidevi, that Jagadisa had made an offering to Lord Vishnu and that He wanted that prasada. Jagadisa gladly gave it, and once Nimai had eaten, He was quiet.

Srila Prabhupada explains in his purport that the Lord accepted Vishnu's food in ecstasy, as Vishnu Himself, and that the Ekadashi fast is meant for devotees.

In their two houses Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu begged food on the Ekādaśī day and personally ate it.

Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 10.71

How to observe it

Hear how the child Nimai asked for Jagadisa's offering. Then offer your own food to Lord Krishna before you eat, as Jagadisa offered his to Lord Vishnu, and chant the holy names.