Today is a very sacred day in our line. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
took sannyasa and began to search for his brother Visvarupa. While
searching, on this day He found out that he was in Pandarapur, and that
he had left his body. He had taken samadhi on the bank of the river
Bhima. Then, on this day, though Mahaprabhu was observing
Caturmasya-vrata very strictly for four months, He shaved his hair.
Before this year, He never shaved for these four months, nor did He cut
his nails. He observed all the rules and regulations of Caturmasya.
It is said that Sankararanya was the sannyasa name of Srila
Visvarupa, who was the elder brother of Visvambhara (the original name
of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu). Sankararanya expired in 1432 Sakabda (A.D.
1510) at Sholapur, where there is a place of pilgrimage known as
Pandarapura. This is referred to in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Nine,
verses 299 and 300.
(Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi-lila 10:106 purport.)
Visvarupa was the elder brother of Gaurahari, Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. When arrangements were being made for the marriage of
Visvarupa, He took sannyasa and left home. He took the sannyasa name of
Sankararanya. In 1431 Sakabda Era (A.D. 1509), He disappeared in
Pandarapura, in the district of Sholapur. As an incarnation of
Sankarshana, He is both the ingredient and immediate cause of the
creation of this material world. He is nondifferent from Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, for the amsa and the amsi, or the part and the whole, are
not different. As an incarnation of Sankarshana, Visvarupa belongs to
the quadruple manifestation of catur-vyuha. In the Gaura-candrodaya it
is said that Visvarupa, after His so-called demise, remained mixed
within Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
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