Shyamananda Pandit – The Lord blesses mysteriously and wonderfully those who serve diligently

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On the sacred occasion associated with Shamanand Pandit let us briefly dwell on his glories, he was born after his parents lost several children so they gave him the name Dukhi Krishna Das and how he grew on to be a great devotee and he was sent by his spiritual master Chaitanya to go to Vrindavan from Bengal to study under the Goswamis, so he along with Arun Das, Nandas Thakur and Srinivas Acharya these triumvirate, these three this trio, they actually brought a huge resurgence and vast spreading of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in the generation after Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s disappearance so when Bengal, the devotion had sort of subsided they came back and Bengal, Orissa they flooded with devotion so before that it was a lifetime of preparation went and studied under Jiva Goswami diligently learning the scriptures and then when he was staying there at one time when Radharani and the Gopis were performing pastimes the uncle of Radharani was left in Vrindavan in Sakistali area so when at that time Shaman Pandit was cleaning and he found that ankle bell and then Lita Vishakha Sakhi, they came searching and when they saw that Shaman Pandit had, Shaman Pandit was such an exalted associate that that was happening in the transcendental realm he was able to access that Lord’s pastimes happened continuously in Vrindavan but only fortunate souls can see it so Lita Vishakha they gave their darshan to him and they told please give this ankle bell back so Shaman Pandit he said I want this opportunity I will give this to the owner, please take me and they seen the sincerity of his heart’s desire to have the darshan of Radharani to him and then he beheld Radharani so overwhelmed he returned that ankle bell to Radharani and Radharani actually touched that ankle bell to his forehead, when that ankle bell was touched to his forehead, the mark was created and that became his Tilaka and when Jivagoswami came to know about it, he was so delighted to see how his Shiksha disciple had got such extraordinary mercy Radharani had been pleased with his service now actually returning the bangle it may seem to be no great service so he was cleaning and he found the bangle and he returned it but how did the Lord arrange Radharani and the Lord arranged the pastime in such a way that it was he who found the bangle and it was he who got the opportunity to return that bangle, it was all because he had such a sincere and intense service attitude that the Lord was pleased to give him that opportunity and in this way he rendered a very special service to Shama Shama is Krishna, Shama is Srimati Radharani so because he rendered this very special service to Shama Jivagoswami gave him the name Shamanand Pandit so he renamed him and that is how he rendered extraordinary service now later on Jivagoswami gave him, all these three Shiksha disciples the instruction which at one level broke their heart, all Vaishnavas want to go to Vrindavan, but he gave them the instruction leave Vrindavan go back to Bengal and preach and Shamanand Pandit returned and with his prominent disciple Rasikanand Thakur, both of them preached and they flooded Bengal once again with Gaudiya Vaishnavism with the mercy of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu this is Shamanand Pandit’s glory the bedilliging service of the Lord service to the Lord under the guidance of the devotees, the Lord himself arranges to give special mercy to that devotee so he never demanded but he just kept serving, the Lord arranged for that opportunity to receive extra for him to receive that special mercy Darshan of Srimati Radharani so we can also pray to Shamanand Pandit to give us the opportunity to follow in his footsteps and to serve diligently and to in whatever way pleases the Lord also, we can also receive the Lord’s mercy in some small way and march forward in our journey back to Him Thank you Shrimanand Pandit ki Jai Jai Krishna