HH Bhaktisundara Govinda Swami and his relationship with Srila Prabhupada

[Paramananda das]

dandavat pranams

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

HH Govinda Maharaja was the first devotee to distribute BTG's along with Srila Prabhupada, maybe  the only Gaudiya math devotee that ever helped Srila Prabhupada sell his BTG, this was in the 40th.

http://www.dandavats.com/?p=8315

I read an article where he stated how Srila Prabhupada taught him the whole Bhagavad Gita personally as a young man vers by vers.

These are the pranam mantras he himself composed to glorifie Srila Prabhupada:

namah om visnupadaya krsna-presthaya bhutale swami sri bhaktivedanta prabhupadaya te namah

gurvajnam sirasi-dhrtva saktyavesa sva-rupine hare-krsneti mantrena pascatya-pracya-tarine

visvacarya prabaryaya divya karunya murtaye sri bhagavata-madhurya-gita-jnana pradayine

gaura-sri-rupa-siddhanta-saraswati nisevine radha-krsna-padambhoja-bhrngaya gurave namah

I offer my humble obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krsna on this earth, having taken shelter of his lotus feet.

Taking the order of his guru on his head, he became empowered by Nityananda Prabhu to act as a saktyavesa avatara. He distributed the Hare Krsna mantra all over the Eastern and Western world, delivering and uplifting all fallen souls.

He is the best of millions of jagat-gurus, because he is the personification of divine mercy. He has distributed the sweet nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam and the transcendental knowledge of Bhagavd-gita all over the world.

He is constantly engaged in exclusive devotional service to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, Srila Rupa Gosvami, and Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. I offer my humble obeisances unto Srila Prabhupada, who is like a bumblebee always tasting the nectar of the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha and Govinda.

vaisnava das anu das

Paramananda das

[Paramananda das]

A letter to Srila Govinda Maharaja from Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (The Founder-Acarya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON)

New Delhi 16 September, 1955
His Holiness Sripada Bhakti Sundar Govinda Maharaja Sri Caitanya Saraswat Math Kolergunj P.O. Navadvipa, Dist. Nadia (W.Beng.)
My dear Sripada Govinda Maharaja,
This morning I received two copies of your "Gaudiya Darshan'' and I was very glad to see its appearance. When I was at Mathura I heard from Spd. Kesava Maharaja and so also I heard it from Spd Goswami Maharaja that His Holiness Sripada Sridhara Maharaja is going to publish "Gaudiya Darshan'' and today I find it actually in hand. I cannot but offer my congratulations to your holiness. Because I know if anything has been done it is due to your energy. I can understand now why Sripada Sridhara Maharaja bestowed all his mercy upon you. He rightly found in you some dormant energy for future action and we can see that it is now fructifying duly.
I have read with great interest your article especially the one which is named as "CHALAR PATHE.'' It is not only very amusing but also instructive. Simple dry philosophical arguments will not be appealing now a days to people in general. They will like to read such articles as written by you with greater relish. In this article I can find out that you have really some parts and in time you can become a great transcendental humorist in the art of journalism. You have complete mercy of your Divine master and you can depend on his blessings for your future improvement. I sincerely wish you all success—Undoubtedly you are now in the highest order of Varnasrama Dharma but we cannot forget that you belong to the category of our affectionate sons. We cannot forget all such filial love for you and when we see that you are improving in all respects it gladdens our heart. I have just written a letter to Sripada Gosvami Maharaja and in that letter the following statements have been carried to him him. The wordings are as follows:-
"This day we have received two copies of Gaudiya Darsana from Sripada Sridhara Maharaja's Math at Navadvipa. The starting is very good and I have quite appreciated the endeavour of Sripada Maharaja although very late. It is better late than never. He has a very good assistant in the person of young Govinda Maharaja and I think it is a good attempt.''
Your poem on Vasita is also good. All these show that you have good tact and may God help you more and more. Sripada Sridhara Maharaja's article on Gaudiya Darsana is philosophical and if he so desires I can get it translated into English by myself and get it published in the Sri Sajjanatoshani Patrika. I understand that Sripada is now out on pilgrimage and you can let me know his opinion when he comes back or earlier according to your convenience.
Hope you are well. Vrindaban wanted to live with me and so he has come here from Calcutta just a few days before. Where is Madhusudana Maharaja? Please convey my dandabats to all the Vaisnavas. With my regards for you all.
Yours affectionately, A.C. Bhaktivedanta