Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura – Devotion enriched with erudition leaves a rich legacy to attract innumerable hearts to Krishna

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On this sacred occasion associated with Srila Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakur let us meditate on his special example of devotion and scholarship blended together in a unique harmonious supremely relishable symphony of pure love Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakur is most famous for his commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam Sarartha Varshini his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita and Sarartha Varshini his commentary on the Srimad Bhagavatam and in total he has written 40 books and he was a Grihastha earlier but the inspiration of Lord Krishna who came to him in a dream he actually started writing books on the Acharya’s commentaries first he renounced the world came to Vrindavan, took shelter of the deities went to Vrindavan Radha Giridhari and he got the same Giriraj Ji the same Govardhan Sheela that was worshipped by Lord Chaitanya that was worshipped by Rabindranath Das Goswami himself and passed down he comes in the disciple lineage of Narottam Das Thakur and Krishna told him to write commentaries and commentaries that he wrote, he goes deep inside the hearts of the various characters and he gives sweet and relishable insights about what are the thoughts going on between in the hearts of the devotees and the various characters and he helps us enter deep into the past time and relish those past times and not just relishing the past times philosophy also he explains so beautifully in the Gaudiya Sampradaya after Rupa Goswami he is considered to be one of the greatest Acharyas in terms of devotional scholarship, Rupa Goswami and Jiva Goswami they wrote extraordinary books and after that Vishwanath Chakrathakur is a peerless Acharya and before he went to Vrindavan during that time after Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and after Goswami’s time and before Chakravartipath’s time in between Vrindavan had been devastated by the Muslim Emperor Aurangzeb but Vishwanath Chakrathakur went there and restored everything he brought Vrindavan back to its glory and took it further expanded his glory further and through the sweetness of his devotion as is manifested in the writings he is expanding the glories even today Srila Prabhupada said that those who want to study the Shastras deeply after they read his commentaries they should study the Acharyas commentaries and if you want to understand the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavatam, Vishwanath Chakrathakur’s commentaries are most precious in going deep into these scriptures and at one time when he was trying to explain write an explanation of what Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami had said that there is a Kama Gayatri is a meditation on Lord Krishna and just as there are 24 and a half moons in the Kama Gayatri there are 24 and a half syllables in the Kama Gayatri and these correspond to the 24 and a half moons on Krishna’s body or the various parts of Krishna’s body compared to a moon and there are 24 and a half comparisons like this so he thought and thought and he researched, he couldn’t find out how there are 25 syllables in Kama Gayatri and how there are 24 and a half moons he thought there are 25 syllables how there are 24 and a half and he was praying, my dear lord please help me understand this and Srimati Radharani herself came in his dream and told him do not be in anxiety I will bless you with that understanding told him that the whole Kama Gayatri mantra is confidential but one part is so here and we Radharani told him that here and we are considered to be half a syllable and Krishna’s forehead which is shaped like a crescent moon that is also considered to be like a half moon and these two correspond this was Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami’s thought and she told Vishwanathji Thakur that this was the book that Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami referred to refer to this book and you will find deeper explanations so in this way Srimati Radharani herself assisted Vishwanathji Thakur in his writing and she blessed him profusely after this Vishwanathji Thakur jumped up and he was filled with so much ecstasy and knowing that he felt as if he had been accepted as an intimate associate of Srimati Radharani and in her presence, feeling her blessings, feeling her grace he wrote vigorously and we can see that lofty devotional insight permeated throughout his books and we can pray that just as he illumined for us the scriptures and through the scriptures the heart of Krishna and his devotees and attracted for many many generations people to the attracted people to the path of bhakti that we may also become attracted, we may also taste the legacy that he had given us in the parampara and thereby we may also advance back to Krishna slowly at our speed but by his blessings, by the blessings of the previous Vishwanathji Thakur Jai! Thank you! Hare Krishna!