Disappearance Day of Sri Vakresvara Pandita
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What is the Disappearance Day of Sri Vakresvara Pandita?
The Disappearance Day of Sri Vakresvara Pandita comes on Friday, 9 July 2027, together with Hera Pancami. It marks the day this dear servant of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, famous for dancing without rest, left this world and entered the Lord's eternal pastimes.
Significance
Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami names Vakresvara Pandita among the branches of the Caitanya tree. Srila Prabhupada's purport adds that the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika describes him as an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the four expansions of Vishnu, and that he was a chief dancer when Mahaprabhu staged dramas in the house of Srivasa Pandita. The Caitanya-caritamrta introduces him in these words:
Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, the fifth branch of the tree, was a very dear servant of Lord Caitanya’s. He could dance with constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours.
Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila 10.17
Once, while Mahaprabhu sang, Vakresvara danced and asked for ten thousand Gandharvas to sing so that he could dance longer. The Lord replied that He had only one wing like him. Vakresvara's blessing also freed Devananda Pandita, a Bhagavatam lecturer who had failed to stop his own students from insulting Srivasa Thakura. The disciples of Vakresvara in Orissa, among them Gopalaguru and Dhyanacandra Gosvami, are known as Gaudiya Vaishnavas.
How to observe it
Remember him with kirtana, singing and dancing the holy names as he did before the Lord. Read Adi-lila chapter 10 of the Caitanya-caritamrta for the pastime of the one wing, and pray for the mercy he gave Devananda Pandita, which is humility toward every devotee.
Questions
When is the disappearance day of Sri Vakresvara Pandita in 2027?
It falls on Friday, 9 July 2027, which is also Hera Pancami.
Who was Sri Vakresvara Pandita?
He was a dear servant of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and, in the Caitanya-caritamrta, the fifth branch of the Caitanya tree. He could dance in constant ecstasy for seventy-two hours.
What did Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu say to Vakresvara Pandita?
The Lord said that He had only one wing like Vakresvara, and that if He had another He would fly in the sky. He said this when Vakresvara asked for ten thousand Gandharvas to sing while he danced.
Whose incarnation is Vakresvara Pandita?
He is an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the four expansions of Lord Vishnu, according to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika quoted in Srila Prabhupada's purport.
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Key facts
- Date
- Friday, 9 July 2027
- Also on this day
- Hera Pancami
- Branch of the Caitanya tree
- Fifth
- Known for
- Dancing for seventy-two hours
- Incarnation of
- Aniruddha, according to the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika
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