Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev Goswami Maharaj Leaves Us


I've just learned about the passing Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev Goswami. I had the opportunity to have his association in Santa Cruz, CA, US, many times and found him to be very sweet and kind. I will truly miss him. The following is an article from Vina.

gurvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam
chintyachintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam
govindabhidham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakty anvitam sundaram
vande visva-gurun cha divya-bhagavat-premno hi bija-pradam

"I worship the holy lotus feet of he who perfectly fulfills the most cherished wish of his divine master -- who is adorned resplendently with the blessings of his guru varga; who is adept in all Vedic conceptions, both conceivable and inconceivable; who is the faithful follower in the line of Sri Rupa; who is known as Srila Govinda Maharaj; whose beautiful divine figure revels in the mellows of divine love; who is the guru of the entire universe and the bestower of the seed of divine love for the Supreme Lord."

At about 4:30am, 27 March 2010, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj passed away from our vision by his own sweet will and surrounded by sannyasis and servitors chanting softly. His holy form was presently taken with a convoy of vehicles from our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata, to Nabadwip where this afternoon he will be given samadhi close to the Samadhi Mandir of his beloved Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

2pm Nabadwip: Srila Gurudev's holy body was brought before the Deities here at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Accompanied by continuous kirttan, devotees garlanded His Divine Grace and offered flowers and prayers. Bathing took place just now on the plinth of the 'Temple of Union in Separation' where chanting continues.

Live online BlogTV broadcasts are taking place throughout the afternoon:
TVDarshan broadcast by Anukrishna Devi dasi of Russia
and vaisnavadarshan_tv broadcast by Nimai Chandra Prabhu.

http://www.vina.cc/news/
Written by Arun Kumar das
Tuesday, 30 March 2010