Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies

1. SrilaNarrottamDasa Thakur GokulBhajan & Vedic Studies By: Anupama Devi Dasi

2. Who is Narottam Dasa? • He appeared in a village called Khetiru • His father was Krishnanada Datta • His mother was Narayana Devi. • He also had a brother Purrshottam Datta

3. Mahaprabhu’s mission • He has written many kinds of bhajans • He also wrote many books and literature • He spread Mahaprabhus mission by doing Nama Sankirtan

4. His Guru • Meeting Lokanath goswami • Approached him to become his disciple • Persuade LoknathGoswami to accept him

5. Written literatures • Premabhakthi chandrika • Prarthana • Hatapaltana • Smaranamangla

6. Manasa Seva • One day Narottam was in Manasa Seva • This means to meditate and serve the lord • Narottam was boiling milk in Manasa Seva • But the milk over boiled and was coming out of the pot • So he picked up the pot of boiling milk • His fingers got burned! • He had to tear down his cloth and wrap the burned fingers.

7. Disappearing in the Ganges • Once he was doing sankirtan and slowly he was walking deep into the Ganges • Tears filled up in Narottams eyes he was crying and crying • Soon Narottam’s body dissolved into the water as milk and he slowly disappeared

8. Narrotam Das Thakur Samadi

9. Radha Krishna Prana mora rādhā-krsna prana mora jugala-kiśorajīvane marane gati āro nāhi mora kālindīra kūle keli-kadambera vanaratana-bedīra upara bosābo du’jana śyāma-gaurī-ańge dibo (cūwā) candanera gandhacāmara dhulābo kabe heri mukha-candra gāthiyā mālatīr mālā dibo dohāra galeadhare tuliyā dibo karpūra-tāmbūle lalitā viśākhā-ādi jata sakhī-brndaājñāya koribo seva caranāravinda śrī-krsna-caitanya-prabhur dāser anudāsasevā abhilāsa kore narottama-dāsa

10. References Hare Krishna • Wikipedia.com • Narottam das Thakur page • google.com Thank You!