Śrīla Sachinandan Dās Goswāmī
ଶ୍ରୀଳ ଶଚୀନନ୍ଦନ ଦାସ ଗୋସ୍ୱାମୀ ମହାରାଜ
Dear disciple of Śrīla Gour Govinda Swāmī, and the servant who gave his life to Daṇḍabhaṅga, the riverbank where Lord Caitanya’s staff was broken.
Words of Gurudeva
From his Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam classes
A devotee hates none and loves all. By nature, this is his heart.
Guru is to be seen through the eye of the ear. Our eyeballs may cheat us. So, one has to see through the eye of the ear, ‘srutakshita pantha’. So, our parampara is ‘srauta parampara’: to keep on hearing.
Remain as simple. Simplicity is Vaishnavism, but don’t be a fool.
A life given to the Dhām
Born Srutidhar into a Vaiṣṇava family of Bhubaneswar, he carried his guru on a bicycle to preach and served for years as a senior officer of Odisha Tourism. From 1996 his whole heart went to the riverbank where Lord Caitanya’s staff was broken.
Appears in Bhubaneswar
Born on Pahili Raja day near the Lingaraj Temple and named Srutidhar, fondly called Kuna.
With Śrīla Prabhupāda
Reads the Caitanya-caritāmṛta at Prabhupāda’s Bhubaneswar programme, who calls him the “funny boy”.
Initiated by his guru
Śrīla Gour Govinda Swāmī gives him the name Sachinandan Das.
Mahāprabhu’s 500th anniversary
Organises the celebrations across Odisha while still in government service.
Daṇḍabhaṅga is revealed
Śrīla Haridās Sen Bābājī brings him to the forgotten pastime place of Mahāprabhu.
A new millennium
The temple’s foundation stone is laid, and the Saṅkīrtana Padayātrā goes to Purī.
Initiating disciples
Begins giving initiation and registers the āśrama at Chandanpur.
Enters samādhi
Departs in Brahma-muhūrta on 27 May and is placed in samādhi at the Dhām.
He will live on in the heart of the devotees who know and love him, in his disciples, and in Dandabhanga Dham in Puri.Madhavananda Das, his godbrother
His spiritual masters
The teachings he carried come down in an unbroken line of teachers from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
- The source
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Kṛṣṇa Himself, who appeared in 1486 to give the holy name to everyone.
- Founder-ācārya of ISKCON
Śrīla Prabhupāda
Who carried the holy name from India to every continent.
- His dīkṣā guru
Śrīla Gour Govinda Swāmī
Who put Prabhupāda's books into Odia and foretold the revealing of Daṇḍabhaṅga.
- Servant of the Dhām
Śrīla Sachinandan Dās Goswāmī
Who gave the rest of his life to the Dhām his guru had spoken of.
Where the staff was broken
On His first journey to Purī as a sannyāsī, Lord Caitanya's daṇḍa was broken by Lord Nityānanda beside the Bhārgavī river. The Caitanya-caritāmṛta calls it a most hidden pastime. The place lay forgotten until 1996, when Śrīla Haridās Sen Bābājī revealed it to Śrīla Gurudeva.
His guru had predicted it: “Don't be disheartened, Sachinandan. An inconceivable and supremely merciful līlā-bhūmi of Śrīman Caitanya Mahāprabhu will come your way to render services.”
- 1996
- The year the pastime place was revealed
- Two rivers
- The Bhārgavī and the Daṇḍabhaṅga
- Pañca-krośa
- Inside the sacred heart of Purī Dhām
Come to Daṇḍabhaṅga Dhām
Pilgrims are welcome at the āśrama in Chandanpur, near Purī, where Gurudeva's samādhi stands.