Sri Sri RadhaRamano Jayati
(Bhaja) Nitai Gour Radhey Shyam
(Japa) Hare Krishna Hare Ram
(Bhaja) Nitai Gour Radhey Shyam
(Japa) Hare Krishna Hare Ram
Jay Nitai,
With deep grief and pain in my heart I am announcing that my Gurudeva, the Mahanta of Sri Pathbari Asram and the backbone of Radharaman Gan, Sri Srimad 108 Madhusudan Das Babaji has left this world to enter the nitya lila on the moring of 17th December, 2007. He was 92 . Previously, he had been suffering from age-related illness and was admitted to the hospital.
A few years after the disappearance of his beloved Gurudeva Sripad 1008 Ram Das Babaji, he started taking care of Pathbari and all its 40+ branches as Mahanta, head of the Asram. Thus Gurudeva has been serving his Gurudeva's mission for more than 60 years. In such way he has been acting as a big banyan tree under which saints and devotees could take secure shelter for their own bhajan process.
Pathbari and its associated branches has been acting as the main back bone of the Gaudiya Vaishnava samaj specially in Bengal and Orissa by maintaining various lila places of Sri Sri Nitai Gour and by conducting various lila festivals like Jhali Samarpan, Gundicha Marjan, Oriya-Gaudiya Milan, Ratha Yatra etc. as started by Sri Sri Radharaman Charan Das Dev. Thus almost all the gaudiya vaishnava paramparas, Goswamis of Nityananda Prabhu Vamsha and Adwaita Prabhu Vamsha, descendants of associates of Sri Sri Nitai Gour take part in all these festivals arranged by Sri Pathbari for years in Bengal, Orissa and Vrindavan. My Gurudeva acted as a dedicated soldier to maintain all these festivals as started by his Guru Varga. Thus he was very well-known and popular within the Gaudiya Vaishnava samaj for years.
Not only the devotee community but also the community of saints has reserved great respect and love for my Gurudeva. The Prabhupadas of
Nityanand Vamsa and Adwaita vamsha used to give very special respect to him. He was even loved by saints outside the Gaudiya Sampradaya.
Over the years he earned so much respect among saints even his elder godbrother and crown jewel of Pathbari, great Bhagavata Pathak Nityalila Prabista Pandit Sri Srimad Krishnananda Das Babaji (Pandit Kedar Ray) used to reserve great respect for my Gurudeva, although he was senior to him; sometimes Krishnanda Das Babaji used instruct his disciples not to offer dandavat to him without first offering dandavat to the Mahanta (My GuruDeva).
Thus, this was a great loss to us and the vaishnava samaj in general.
My Gurudeva and his elder brother, the great bhajananandi saint Srimad 108 Shyamananda Das Babaji, were initiated by Sripad Ram Das Babaji and came into his fold in their childhood. Since then these two brothers lived together in Pathbari Asram for years. After that long journey Sri Srimad 108 Shyamananda Das Babaji was forced to say good bye to his younger brother after 92 years of association.
This is a prayer to the Vaishnava samaj to pray to my Gurudeva's beloved Sri Nitai-Gour to keep him always in Their divine association.
Jay Nitai Jay Gour
Jay Sri Radharaman
In the picture above Srimad Madhusadan Das Babaji is chanting at the bank of RadhaKunda after having a bath at Shree Kunda. On the Back we can a glimpse of Srimad Hridayananda Das Babaji.
In the picture above Babaji Maharaja is in Vrindavan during RasPurnima with devotees of pathbari.
With Pandit Sri Ananta Das Babaji at Shree Radhakunda.
With Nityananda Vamsha Vaishnavacharya Prabhupad Sri Virbhadra Goswami of Sribas Angan Navadwip at Pathbari Kolkata
