Monday, 03 March 2025 [Mayapur, West Bengal, India Time]

Appearance Day of Śrī Puruṣottama dāsa Ṭhākura

śrī-sadāśiva kavirāja–baḍa mahāśaya
śrī-puruṣottama-dāsa–tāṅhāra tanaya
“The twenty-third and twenty-fourth prominent devotees of Nityānanda Prabhu were Sadāśiva Kavirāja and his son Puruṣottama dāsa, who was the tenth gopāla.”
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 11.38 | 1973 Edition)

ājanma nimagna nityānandera caraṇe
nirantara bālya-līlā kare kṛṣṇa-sane
“Since 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.”
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 11.39 | 1973 Edition)

Śrīla Prabhupāda: “[…] Puruṣottama dāsa Ṭhākura sometimes lived at Sukhasāgara, near the Cākadaha and Śimurāli railway stations. All the Deities installed by Puruṣottama Ṭhākura were formerly situated in Beleḍāṅgā-grāma, but when the temple was destroyed the Deities were brought to Sukhasāgara. When that temple merged in the bed of the Ganges, the Deities were brought with Jāhnavā-mātā’s Deity to Sāhebaḍāṅgā Beḍigrāma. Since that place also has been destroyed, all the Deities are now situated in the village named Cānduḍe-grāma, which is situated one mile up from Pālapāḍā, as referred to above.”
(Srila Prabhupada purport on Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 11.39 | 1973 Edition)

“Śrīla Prabhupāda: “[…] The son of Sadāśiva was Puruṣottama Ṭhākura, and his son was Kānu Ṭhākura. The descendants of Kānu Ṭhākura know him as Nāgara Puruṣottama […] Both Puruṣottama Ṭhākura and Kānu Ṭhākura had many disciples from brāhmaṇa families. Most of the disciplic descendants of Kānu Ṭhākura now reside in the village named Gaḍabetā, by the River Śilāvatī, in the Midnapore district.”
(Srila Prabhupada purport on Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 11.40 | 1973 Edition)

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