Visnupriya-book - by Gadadhara Prana das

Gadadhara Prana's new book on Vishnupriya -

Dedication, foreword and introduction

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Gadadhara Prana's new book on Vishnupriya -

Dedication, foreword and introduction

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Gadadhara Prana's new book on Vishnupriya -

Dedication, foreword and introduction

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The Dedication , Foreward and Introduction from the upcoming book of Gadadhara prana dasa , can be found on-line at OTHER TRADITIONS-SECTION on this web-site .

with respect,

A few years ago I found a book in my father-in-law´s book shelf. It was about Nimai and Vishnupriya. I showed it to GP, who insisted on borrowing it. Father-in-law didn´t want to lend it to him but did it anyway after I said that he would get it back after GP had copied it. After several months I asked father-in-law if he had got the book back, but he hadn´t. He said that GP came one day and said that he had "lost it", but I know for sure that he hadn´t. He offered f-i-l some money for the book, which is quite rare. Now that I see that GP is writing a book on Vishnupriya I can understand that he had use of the book and that he is going to spread his gospel of nagari-vada even more. And it is partly my fault!

You don't need to double your efforts and post Announcements about posts you make in other forums at GD, people will find them there. In general it is a bad policy to announce new posts and threads, unless they become directly relevant to another thread. Thank you for posting that other thread, anyway. I have merged these two now.

You can add multiple attachments to one post. I bundled them together for you, Jiva.

They were originally in three separate threads so twas I who put them in one place without merging the attachments.

Well, my old friend has been getting considerable attention here lately. I have often wondered how, after getting instruction in his siddha deha from Lalita Prasad Thakur, GP would find a place in the Gauranga-nagari family. But then, he is such an eccentric person that it would be hard for him to surpise me. I met him in LA in 1973, and we spent time together when we were at the ISKCON center in Honolulu in 1974. Although his effort to become a genuine bhakta was genuine, he seemed never to fit very well anywhere (something I can relate to). I met him again some years later, after he divorced, moved to Bengal, and married a Bengali lady. I think I had some idea where his life was headed, but he has clearly exceeded anything I could have expected.

With regard to this book, it looks as though Gadadhar could use an editor.

Gadadhar desperately needs an editor. The content is actually pretty good, but he evidently spent more time doodling in English class than mastering the intricacies of the language.

You perhaps know, Babhru, that Bhaktivinoda Thakur served Gaur Gadadhar deities that are now in Birnagar Dvadasa Mandir. Their pictures are somewhere on this website.

There is also a thread somewhere that cites BVT's verses in which he clearly identifies Radha with Gadadhar. Lalita Prasad Thakur also gave a Gaur-Gadadhar yugala mantra to his disciples, which had an inspiring effect on at least one of them, though I cannot say it is a generalized mood amongst Prabhu's disciples.

In his book “Saints of Bengal”, Dr. Kapoor says, “It is difficult to understand what bhava Vamsidasa Baba has towards Goura. It sometimes appeared to be sakhya, sometimes Vatsalya, sometimes Madhura, like that of Nadya-Nagari (lady of Nadiya).”

He continues, “According to Haridasa Gosvami his bhava was of Nadiya-nagara type, because he used to compose songs of this bhava and sing. He has quoted some of theses songs. Two of them are reproduced below:”

“kena giya chilama ganga-tire o nagari
nyana kataksa bane gaura kaila mana churi
ami ekhana ki kari o nagari ki kari"

“ O Nagari! How I repent having gone to the bank og Ganga.
Goura cast a sidelong glance at me and stole my heart.
What shall I do now? O Nagari! What shall I do?"

"Bala go nagari gaura kellena ki
Grha gela kula gela mana kela curi
Sajani! Ekhana ami ki kari"
Nayana kone, kane kane gaura kallena ki
Ami je prana mari gaura kallena ki"

“Tell me O Nagari what Gaura has done to me,
He winked and whispered and did,
I do not know what He did to me.
O Sakhi! Now I do not know what to do.
Life is running out of me. O! What has Gaura done to me?”

What I'm wondering now is if it is a fact that Lalita Prasada-ji gave Goura-Gadadhara Yugal Mantra to some of his disciple, does it has something to do with Vamsidas’s influences over his father, Bhaktivinode? According to a Vamsidasa Babaji’s Bio that I read once, Bhaktivinode Thakura had several encounters with Vamsidas Babaji Maharaja.

And the winds of nadiya blows stronger again….

I doubt it. Bhaktivinoda Thakur would have been much older than Vamsidas, who was still active in the 1940's. I am not sure where he got it from; I don't know enough about Bipin Bihari Goswami to be able to say for sure.

Thanks, but what about Vamsidasa Baba’s mood, deep Nagari?

“kena giya chilama ganga-tire o nagari
nyana kataksa bane gaura kaila mana churi
ami ekhana ki kari o nagari ki kari"

“ O Nagari! How I repent having gone to the bank of Ganga.
Goura cast a sidelong glance at me and stole my heart.
What shall I do now? O Nagari! What shall I do?"

"Bala go nagari gaura kellena ki
Grha gela kula gela mana kela curi
Sajani! Ekhana ami ki kari"
Nayana kone, kane kane gaura kallena ki
Ami je prana mari gaura kallena ki"

“Tell me O Nagari, what Gaura has done to me?
He winked and whispered and did,
I do not know what He did to me.
O Sakhi! Now I do not know what to do.
Life is running out of me. O! What has Gaura done to me?”



Vamsidasa Babaji


Winds of Nadiya....

The book by Gadadhara Prana das entitled , ' Vishnupriya Gauranga Trilogy ' ( Part One ;173 pages;6 color plates)

now available from the author's address :

Gadadhara Prana das
Sri sri Gadai Gauranga Kunja
Sri Mayapura Ghat
P.O.Sri Mayapura , Nadiya , W.B.
India , Pin- 741313

or via e-mail address :

gadadhar_das000[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in

Humbly,

Jivaji, what is the price, please?

Sorry , I don't know

I guess it's not too expense ...Please inquire at provided e-mail address .

Heavens, people, don't post e-mail addresses in a public forum without obfuscating them! They'll be picked up by spambots in no time at all and added to every other spam list there is. Instead, do something like this: gadadhar_das000[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in.

Thanks Madhava ji !

Very good , anuraag ji . Thank you for the translation.

My pleasure, Jiva ji!