Pundarika Vidyanidhi the incarnation of Vrsabhanu Maharaja

[Paramananda das]

Pundarika Vidyanidhi the incarnation of Vrsabhanu Maharaja
On Tuesday was the apperanceday of Punadrika Vidyanidhi who is the incarnation of Vrisabhanu Mahararja the father of Srimati Radharani Srila Narayana Maharaja told this pastime: 'One time Radha was waiting for her brother Sridam to come and take her to her fathers' house. She was waiting, waiting, and waiting, but there was no sign of Sridam and She became so sad. One day a person from Varsana was there. She asked the man to ask her father, "Why have they have forgotten Me?" She then started to cry bitterly. The person went to Varsana and told Vrsabanu Maharaja about the condition of his daughter. Hearing this news, Vrsabanu Maharaja immediately sent Sridam to Varsana to get Radhika.
Mother Kirtika packed many presents for Jotila to send with Sridam, knowing that if she did not do this, Jotila, being harsh of character would not send Sri Radhika to Varsana.
Meanwhile, day and night Sri Radhika was staring at the road coming from Varsana. One day, She saw Sridam and when he finally arrived at the front gate they embraced each other. She was weeping, "Oh brother you had forgotten Me?; My father and mother too?; Everyone forgot Me?" At this point, Srila Narayana Maharaja started crying and taking off his glasses, wiped his eyes with his cloth.
At first Jotila refused to let Sri Radhika go. "No no, She cannot go. She has so much work to do here, and there is so much danger there because of that black boy. She cannot go."
Then Sridam gave Jotila all the presents given by Kirtida ma. Seeing this, she said, "Alright, she can go, but only for a few days."
Maharaja then thanked Savita didi for her narration and began to speak.
"Then Sri Radhika and Sridam went on a cart pulled by four bullocks to Varsana. Seeing the palace of her parents, Radhika started weeping and more weeping when She saw Her father and mother.
At that time Jhulan-yatra had already started and Sri Radhika started swinging with Her sakhis (friends) during periods in the day and night. But She was not satisfied alone, without Krsna there. Knowing this, Krsna sometimes came in disguise to the palace. Sometimes He dressed as a Gopi selling bangles or beautiful garlands. Or He appeared in any other form and made an appointment for Them to meet each other somewhere in a very secret place in the forest.
Once, Sri Radhika was seated on the Jhulan and Krsna was pushing the swing very gently. Suddenly He put so much force in pushing the swing that Sri Radhika became fearful and started crying out, "O Krsna, save Me, save Me!" Krsna climbed on the swing and She firmly embraced Him, giving Him so much pleasure. Why so much pleasure? Because normally He has to do so many tricks so that Radhika will embrace Him, but in this instance She embraced Him out of Her own will, without much effort on His part. Therefore He is so fond of these swing pastimes (end)
So when we chant Hare Krsna we are constantly crying out to Radha Krsna, how you can chant Hare Krsna and not think of Sri Sri Radha Krsna? One time one sannyasi told me ,it is not all about Radha Krsna .I said Maharaja you are wrong you chant Hare Krsna who are you calling out to ? Hare is Radha and Krsna .But we do not only call out for the mercy of Sri Sri Radha Krsna but of all their dear associates .The neophytes need to learn this also , not just calling out for the satisfaction of tongue belly and genitals and calling out I want to be famous .We should pray to Vrsabhanu Maharaja and Kirtida the father and mother of Srimati Radharani
Srila Raghunath das has done this in his Vraja Vilasa ,try to please read and understand it : 26
Noble, generous, learned, intelligent, fair complexion, fifty-year-old King Vrsabhanu wears a neatly clipped beard. He is the close friend of Nanda, the king of Vraja. To him, Sri Radha is even dearer than his eldest child Sridama. I constantly worship famous King Vrsabhanu.
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Her mind overwhelmed with a flood of love, Kirtida-devi daily sends her two unmarried daughters to diligently gather all news of Srimati Radharani’s recent activities. May Kirtida-devi, the mother of Srimati Radharani protect us all.
So in Gaura Lila ,Vrsabhanu Maharaja because Pundarik Vidyanidhi and Sri Radha became Gadadhara Pandit.So Lord Caitanya told Gadadhara Pandit you should take Diksa from Pundarika Vidyanidhi and when Gadadhara Pandit went to see him he thought he was just a person interested in material life ,so these are all pastimes of course of Lord Caitanya.As soon as Gadadhara Pandit started chanting one slokas as suggested by Lord Caitanya ,that how merciful is Krsna ,the killer of Putana, that though she was a demoness Krsna accepted her as a mother and sucked out her life and send her to Goloka to serve as His nurse there.Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi manifested all Sattvika Vyabhicaries symptoms of ecstatic love of Krsna .So tuesday was his apperanceday and we are fortunate if we can pray to him for his mercy so we may also become ecstatic devotees of Sri Sri Radha Krsna and Krsna Balarama and Sri Sri Gaura Gadadhara