Rupa Goswami - Radha Krishna Temple in Utah

• Amara and Santosh Deva, prime
minister & finance minister of
Hussein Shah, Bengal, had
written Chaitanya to deliver them
• Met them at Ramakeli, a long
detour from the way to Vrndavan
• Krishna went to Druva not to give
darshan, but to have Druva’s
• Stormy night washerwoman, “Who
could be out this night except a dog,
thief, or slave of the king.”
• Chain of iron or gold
• Dog at beck & Call
• Thief sells his life which God gave
him.
• Thought woman was “Yogamaya”
Left Service
of Shah
• Distributed wealth
• Met Chaitanya at
Prayag as he was
returning from
Vrndavan
• Said, Namo Maha
Badanaya…
Ten Days Dasasvamedha-ghata
• Lived there for 10 days & taught Rupa &
brother, Anupama, who passed away
• Bhakti creeper
• Adho sraddha
• Subuddhi Roy
took him around
all 12 forests
• Went to meet
Sanatan at Kasi
but they crossed
each other, & he
continued to
Nilachala, where
he stayed with
Haridas Thakur
Vrndavan & Puri
"The handwriting of
Rupa Gosvami is just
like rows of pearls,"
• Wrote dramas in
poetry Lalita
Madhava &
Vidagdha Madhava
• Was an expert on
Rasa
• Got association of
Svarup Damodar &
Ramananda Roy
• Wrote Priyah so
ham…
• Tunde tandavini….
• After 10 months in
Puri, returned in
1519
• Met his brother &
they both started
writing, excavating
& intense bhajana
• Rupa looked after
parties of arriving
Bhaktas
Govinda Dev of Brajanabha
• Buried in Yogapith, but
Rupa couldn’t find, began
calling out
• Boy told “Gomatila” every
day cow comes and
pours milk on ground
• Rupa wrote about the
charm of Govinda
Smeran bhangi…
• 1590 Man Singh built it
• Mansingh died in 1614 & for another 100 years Govinda
was worshipped here, pilgrims came from all over
On the 7th floor
there was burning
ghee lamp.
Aurangzeb could
see it shining
even from his
residence in Agra.
Deity moved to
Jaipur where Jai
Singh built a
temple in his
palace,
Chandramahal
Govindaji was brought to the city of Amber,
near Jaipur, by Maharaja Jai Singh II to
protect the Deity from destruction at the
hands of the Muslim emperor about 1728
(some say 1735).
Maharaja Jai Singh created his "City of
Victory," the city of Jaipur, as a dedication to
Lord Govindaji. The temple is in a garden of
the palace complex, and when the temple
doors were opened, Maharaja Jai Singh in
the past could see his beloved Deity from the
royal quarters. Jai Singh's grandfather had
originally constructed the Govindaji Temple
in Vrindavan.
Radha-Govinda Deity from
Vrindavan is until today the real
heart of the city of Jaipur.
Stories
• Story that
Radharani
finally
appeared to
him, bringing
feast for
Sanatan
• Tiger &
Krishna
• Shade &
Radharani
Sri Rupa Goswami had many skills. In
Karttik 1542 Sri Rupa, knowing Jiva's desire
for the Deity, personally carved, installed
and offered a small Deity of Damodar to his
foremost disciple. 8’ inches high
Final Days
• Performed funeral of Sanatan 1554, went into
his samadhi & never came out, passed away 1
month later
• Sanatan gave a systematic philosophy of
bhakti, Rupa gave the doctrine of rasa
Rupa Goswami Samadhi Mandir
• Hamsadhutta, swan
messenger to Mathura about
love lorn Radha
• Udhava Samdesa, Uddhave
the messenger this time
• Danakelikaumudi, one act
play
• Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu
• Ujjvalanilamani,
madurya
• Laghubhagavat
amrta,
• Upadeshamrta,
etc.
Wrote
Countless
Works
The End