SRI MAHESA PANDITA

"He who was previously a very munificent cowherd boy has now appeared as Mahesa
Pandita. In ecstatic love, he dances like a madman as though intoxicated to the
beat of a kettle drum. [C.C. Adi 11.32]

According to Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, Mahesa Pandita was formerly Maha-Bahusakha
in Krsna-lila. He was a companion of Nityananda Prabhu, and was present at the
Danda Mahotsava held at Panihati.

In Bhakti-Ratnakara, Taranga Nine, it is stated that when Narottama dasa
Thakura came to visit Khardaha, he had darsana of the lotus feet of Mahesa
Pandita.

Vrindavana dasa Thakura has described him as a 'param mahanta' due to the fact
that he was very dear to Nityananda Prabhu. [C.B. Antya 5.744]

Mahesa Pandita's original Sripat at Sukh Sagor merged into the bed of the
Ganges, but his worshippable deities of Sri Sri Nitai-Gauranga as well as his
samadhi were moved to Palpara. There is a railway station there, between
Simrali and Cakdaha stations, on the Sealdah-Krsnanagar line.

His disappearance day is on the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight in the
month of Pausa.