Disappearance Day of Sri Purusottama Das Thakura
Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
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What is the disappearance day of Sri Purusottama Das Thakura?
Sri Purusottama Das Thakura was a devoted associate of Lord Nityananda Prabhu in Bengal. He left this world and entered the Lord's eternal pastimes on this day, which in 2027 falls on Thursday, 25 February, the same date as the appearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
Significance
In the Caitanya-caritamrta, Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami names Purusottama Das as the twenty-fourth prominent devotee of Nityananda Prabhu, along with Sadasiva Kaviraja (Purusottama's father). The same book counts Purusottama among Krishna's cowherd friends in Vrindavana as the tenth gopala. In his commentary, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura records that Purusottama sometimes lived at Sukhasagara. As temples were lost to the Ganges, the Deities installed by Purusottama were carried from village to village.
The Caitanya-bhagavata says that Purusottama cared nothing for his outer body, because Nityananda Prabhu always lived in his heart. When Purusottama was only seven, writes his disciple Devakinandana dasa, he danced in such love for Krishna that everyone who saw him was enchanted.
From birth, Puruṣottama dāsa was merged in the service of the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, and he always engaged in childish play with Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 11.39
How to observe it
Devotees remember Purusottama Das Thakura by reading Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 11.38 to 11.40, with the purports, hearing how Nityananda Prabhu's associates lived, and chanting the holy names. With the appearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura on the same date, devotees can honour both together.
Questions
When is the disappearance day of Purusottama Das Thakura in 2027?
Sri Purusottama Das Thakura's disappearance day is Thursday, 25 February 2027, in the Vaishnava calendar for Kurukshetra. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's appearance day falls on the same date.
Who was Sri Purusottama Das Thakura?
He was a close associate of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, and the Caitanya-caritamrta names him as the tenth gopala. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes that he sometimes lived at Sukhasagara in Bengal and that he installed Deities.
Who were Purusottama Das Thakura's father and son?
His father was Sadasiva Kaviraja, also a great devotee of Nityananda Prabhu, and his son was Kanu Thakura. The Caitanya-caritamrta says Kanu Thakura was so exalted that Lord Krishna always lived in his body.
What does it mean that Purusottama Das Thakura is a gopala?
It means he is one of the cowherd boys who are Krishna's friends in Vrindavana. The Caitanya-caritamrta counts him as the tenth gopala and says he played with Krishna as a child.
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Key facts
- Date
- Thursday, 25 February 2027
- Also on this day
- Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
- Associate of
- Lord Nityananda Prabhu
- Counted as
- The tenth gopala (Cc Adi 11.38)
- Sometimes lived at
- Sukhasagara, Bengal
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