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Saturday, November 7, 2020

Ritudvipa

Ritu means season. All the six seasons, the rainy season, autumn, hemanta (early winter), winter, spring and summer seasons live here in their personal forms and speak to each other with very sweet words. 
  1. One says, ‘Sri Krishnacandra will appear in Nadia.’ 
  2. Another says, ‘The Lord will manifest His wonderful pastimes and increase our happiness with every moment.’
  3. Another season asks, ‘When will that Vrajendra-nandana appear as Gaurahari to multiply our bliss?’ 
  4. Yet another replies, ‘Narada Muni has announced everywhere that Lord Gaurahari will appear during the first part of Kali-yuga.’
  5. One of them asks, ‘Tell us, what is the time of His incarnation?’ 
  6. Another one replies, ‘Vasanta-ritu (the spring season) is the most fortunate.’ Vasanta season is very happy to hear this and begins to praise her good fortune. All the seasons (ritus) along with ritu-raja Vasanta (vasanta season, the king of all seasons) started to meditate constantly on the advent of the Lord. 
All the seasons worshiped the Lord here to fulfil their desires. Therefore this place was previously known as Ritudvipa. Whoever visits this holy place will become free from all kinds of suffering and will take birth in Nadia to witness the pastimes of the Lord.”


In the Navadvipa Bhava Taranga, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes the mood and activities of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as He came to Rtudvipa.

ritudvipam tato gatva

drishtva sobham vanasya ca

radha-kundadikam smritva

ruroda saci-nandanah

“Arriving at Ritudvipa and seeing the beauty of the forest, Saci-nandana started crying while remembering Radha-kunda and other sacred places.”

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Sri Jiva inquired from Sri Nityananda Prabhu, in order to remove his doubts, 

“The knowledge of sankhya and logic is very inauspicious. How then did these sciences remain here in the eternal dhama?” 

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