{"id":2156,"date":"2025-07-12T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2026-02-07T16:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:47:53","slug":"srila-bhaktisiddhanta-saraswati-thakura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iskconbangalore.org\/blog\/srila-bhaktisiddhanta-saraswati-thakura\/","title":{"rendered":"Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura"},"content":{"rendered":"

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura is the spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada was born in 1873 at Jagannatha Puri. His father, Kedar Dutta Bhaktivinoda Thakura, was magistrate of the city and superintendent of Jagannatha temple. Once, during the Ratha yatra<\/a> festival, the car stopped in front of the family\u2019s house. Taking the opportunity, the mother of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura came out with the baby and put him on the Lotus Feet of Jagannatha. A garland from the hand of Jagannatha fell down on the baby.<\/p>\n

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura was educated in Calcutta and became learned in Mathematics and Astronomy. In his childhood he once took a mango which was meant as an offering for the Deity. When his father rebuked him, saying that he should not have taken the fruit which was meant for the Lord, the child took it very seriously and thought himself a great offender, promising not to take mango again throughout his whole life.<\/p>\n

He was known as Bimal Prasad Dutta before his renunciation. On account of his writing a book on astronomy known as Surya Siddhanta, he received the title Siddhanta Saraswati. And, when he took sannyasa, preaching the gospel of Lord Chaitanya<\/a>, he was known as Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura. He was acclaimed a great scholar in Calcutta, and the celebrated Dr. Kalidas Nag used to call him \u2018a living encyclopedia\u2019.<\/p>\n

Thakura Bhaktivinoda trained his son in childhood for preaching, and, after taking sannyasa, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura started the Gaudiya Mission Institution. He started 64 branches of the Gaudiya Math all over India plus one in London and another in Berlin. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura was the spiritual master of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada<\/a><\/span>, the\u00a0Founder-Acharya<\/em>\u00a0of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.<\/p>\n

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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Pranati<\/span><\/h3>\n

nama om vishnu padaya krishna presthaya bhutale<\/span>
srimate bhaktisiddhanta saraswati iti namine<\/span>
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WORD FOR WORD<\/p>\n

namah\u2013obeisances; om-address; visnu-padaya\u2013unto him who is at the feet of Lord Visnu; krsna-presthaya\u2013who is very dear to Lord Krsna; bhu-tale\u2013on the earth; srimate\u2013all-beautiful; bhaktisiddhanta saraswati\u2013Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati; iti\u2013thus; namine\u2013 who is named.<\/p>\n

TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, who is very dear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.<\/span><\/p>\n

sri varsabhanavi devi dayitaya krpadhaye<\/span>
krishna sambandha vijnana dayine prabhave namah<\/span><\/p>\n

WORD FOR WORD\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

sri-varsabhanavi-devi-dayitaya\u2013unto Sri Varsabhanavi-devi-dayita Dasa, the servant of the lover of Srimati Radharani; krpa-abdhaye\u2013who is an ocean of mercy; krsna-sambandha\u2013(of) the relationship with Krsna; vijnana\u2013(of) the science; dayine\u2013who is the deliverer; prabhave\u2013unto the master; namah\u2013obeisances.<\/p>\n

TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Varsabhanavi-devi-dayita Dasa [another name of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati], who is favored by Srimati Radharani and who is the ocean of transcendental mercy and the deliverer of the science of Krishna.<\/span><\/p>\n

madhuryojjvala premadhya sri rupanuga bhaktida<\/span>
sri gaura karuna sakti-vigrahaya namo \u2018stu te<\/span><\/p>\n

WORD FOR WORD<\/p>\n

madhurya\u2013conjugal; ujjvala\u2013brilliant; prema\u2013love; adhya\u2013enriched with; sri-rupa-anuga\u2013following Srila Rupa Gosvami; bhakti-da\u2013delivering devotional service; sri-gaura\u2013(of) Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; karuna\u2013(of) the mercy, sakti\u2013energy; vigrahaya\u2013unto the personified; namah\u2013obeisances; astu\u2013let there be; to\u2013unto you.<\/p>\n

TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, the personified energy of Sri Chaitanya<\/a>\u2019s mercy, who deliver devotional service which is enriched with conjugal love of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, coming exactly in the line of revelation of Srila Rupa Gosvami.<\/span><\/p>\n

namas te gaura vani sri murtaye dina tarine<\/span>
rupanuga viruddhapasiddhanta dhvanta harine<\/span><\/p>\n

WORD FOR WORD<\/p>\n

namah\u2013obeisances; to\u2013unto you; gaura-vani\u2013teachings of Lord Caitanya; sri-murtaye\u2013unto the personified; dina\u2013(of) the fallen; tarine\u2013unto the deliverer; rupa-anuga\u2013the philosophy which follows the teachings of Srila Rupa Gosvami; viruddha\u2013against; apasiddhanta\u2013(of) unauthorized statements; dhvanta\u2013the darkness; harine\u2013unto you who are removing.<\/p>\n

TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who are the personified teachings of Lord Chaitanya. You are the deliverer of the fallen souls. You do not tolerate any statement which is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated by Srila Rupa Gosvami.<\/span>
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