Advent

ZrIla BhaktisiddhAnta SarasvatI GosvAmI PrabhupAda appeared in this world at 3:30 p.m. on 6 February 1974, the fifth day of the dark lunar fortnight in the month of Govinda of the GauDIya VaiSNava calendar, corresponding to the Bengali month of MAgha. He appeared in PurI, one of India's holiest places and the site of the famous temple of Lord JagannAtha, and where Lord Caitanya has resided for eighteen years, absorbed in the highest ecstasies of KRSNa consciousness. ZrIla BhaktisiddhAnta SarasvatI's advent in PurI is particularly significant in light of a statement in Padma PurANa:

 zrI-brahma-rudra-sanakA vaiSNavAH kSiti-pAvanAH
 catvAras te kalau bhAvyA hy utkale puruSottamAt

 In Kali-yuga the four VaiSNava sampradAyas, which are purifiers of the earth, will appear in PuruSottama-kSetra, "the place of the Supreme Person" (JagannAtha PurI), in Utkala (Orissa).

He appeared in his parents' rented home, which due to their being pure devotees continually reverberated with sagkIrtana. It belonged to ZrI RAmacandra Arhya, a rich Calcutta businessman, who had built it on land leased from the DakSiNa PArzva MaTha, and was situated on Grand Road, hardly a quarter of a mile from Lord JagannAtha's temple, just south of the landmark NArAyaNa ChAtA MaTha and close to the JagannAtha-vallabha UdyAna, a garden that had been frequented by Lord Caitanya. At birth the umbilical cord was wrapped around his body like a brAhmaNa's sacred thread, leaving a permanent mark. During infancy his sizable brain made his head look unusually large in proportion to his body.

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ZrIla Bhaktivinoda ThAkura's promotion of the pure, original teachings of Lord Caitanya had made some headway in bringing his predictions closer to fruition. Still, his longing for East and West to unite in KRSNa-bhakti might have seemed merely quixotic. Then one night in a dream Lord JagannAtha told ZrIla Bhaktivinoda ThAkura, "I didn't bring you to PurI to execute legal matters, but to establish VaiSNava-siddhAnta." ZrIla Bhaktivinoda ThAkura responded, "Your teachings have been significantly depreciated, and I lack the power to restore them. Much of my life has passed and I am otherwise engaged, so please send somebody from Your personal staff so that I can start this movement." Lord JagannAtha directed him to pray to the deity of BimalA-devI. In this way, just as Caitanya MahAprabhu had appeared in response to the call of ZrI Advaita Prabhu, ZrIla BhaktisiddhAnta SarasvatI was sent by Lord Caitanya to fulfil the prayers of ZrIla Bhaktivinoda ThAkura. Even before BhaktisiddhAnta SarasvatI's advent, his great-grandfather had predicted from his deathbed that an extraordinary sAdhu would take birth in ZrIla Bhaktivinoda ThAkura's house.

An astrologer commissioned to calculate the natal chart declared that the newborn's body possessed all thirty-two symptoms of an exalted personage, as delineated in scripture:

... [viz CC Adi 14.15] ...

The astrologer further averred, "I have done many horoscopes in my life, but have never before seen one replete with all signs of an eminent personality. This child will become world famous as a teacher of life's ultimate goal."

(Bhaktivikasa Swami, Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava, ch. 1)



Pchod

rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat Gsvm Prabhupda se zjevil v tomto svt v 15:30 6. nora 1974, ptho dne temn poloviny msce Gvinda, kter v gaudja vainavskm kalendi odpovd benglskmu msci Mgha. Zjevil se v Pur, jednom z nejposvtnjch mst v Indii, mst, kde stoj slavn chrm Pna Daganntha a kde Pn aitanja il osmnct let, pohrouen v nejvych extzch vdom Kriny. Pchod rly Bhaktisiddhnty Sarasvatho v Pur je zvlt vznamn ve svtle prohlen Padma Purny:

 r-brahma-rudra-sanak vainavh kiti-pvanh
 atvras te kalau bhvj hy utkale puruottamt

 V Kali-juze se tyi vainavsk sampradji, kter oiuj zemi, zjev v Puruttama-kte, "mst Nejvy Osoby" (Dagannth Pur), v Utkale (Urse).

Zjevil se v pronajatm dom svch rodi, ve kterm vzhledem k tomu, e byli ist oddan, znl neustle sankrtan. Dm patil r Rmaandrovi Arhjovi, bohatmu kolkatskmu podnikateli, kter jej postavil na pozemku pronajatm od Dakina Prva Mathu, a stl na Grand Road, sotva pl kilometru od chrmu Pna Daganntha, jin od orientanho bodu v podob Nrjana ata Mathu a pobl Daganntha-Vallabha Udjny, zahrady, kterou navtvoval Pn aitanja. Pi narozen ml [rla Bhaktisiddhnta] pupen ru omotanou kolem tla jako brhmanskou posvtnou ru a zstala tam trvale vyznaena. V dtstv vzhledem k velkmu mozku vypadala jeho hlava v pomru k tlu neobvykle velk.

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rla Bhaktivind Thkur prosazovnm istho, pvodn uen Pna aitanji udlal jist pokrok v piblen se splnn sv pedpovdi. Pesto se jeho touha po sjednocen Vchodu a Zpadu na zklad Krina bhakti zdla pouze donkichotsk. Pak jednou v noci ve snu ekl Pn Dagannth rlovi Bhaktivindovi Thkurovi: "Nepivedl jsem t do Pur kvli prvnm zleitostem, ale ustanovit vainavskou siddhntu." rla Bhaktivinoda Thkura odpovdl: "Tvoje uen bylo znan znehodnoceno a nemm slu je obnovit. Velk st mho ivota uplynula a j se zabvm jinmi vcmi, tak prosm poli nkoho ze svho osobnho doprovodu, abych mohl zat tohoto hnut." Pn Dagannth mu nadil, aby se modlil k bostvu Bimaly-dv. A tak stejn jako se aitanja Mahprabhu zjevil na vzvu r Advaity Prabhua, poslal Pn aitanja rlu Bhaktisiddhntu Sarasvatho splnit modlitby rly Bhaktivinda Thkura. Jet ped pchodem Bhaktisiddhnty Sarasvatho jeho pradd na smrtelnm loi pedpovdl, e se v dom rly Bhaktivinda Thkura narod mimodn sdhu.

Astrolog poven vpotem horoskopu oznmil, e tlo novorozence vykazuje vech ticet dva znak vzneen osobnosti, jak popisuje psmo:

... [Viz CC Adi 14.15] ...

Astrolog dle prohlsil: "Za svj ivot jsem udlal mnoho horoskop, ale nikdy pedtm jsem nevidl dn tak pln vech znak vynikajc osobnosti. Toto dt se stane svtov proslulm jako uitel konenho cle ivota."

(Bhaktivika Svm, r Bhaktisiddhnta Vaibhava, kap. 1)
