Sri Raghunandana Thakura
Sri Mukunda Das, Madhava Das and Sri Narahari Sorkar Thakur were three
brothers who lived in the village of Sri Khanda. Raghunandan was the son of Sri
Mukunda Das. [C. C. Mad 15]
In the house of Sri Mukunda Das, who lives at Sri Khanda, Lord Sri Gopinath is
served with great devotion. One day Mukunda was called out to do some work, and
then he instructed his son Raghunandan to worship the deity and asked him to
serve the Lord Gopinath that day. He explained to him that this deity is in our
family for many generations and thus He has been worshipped by my father and his
father and his father on and on, in this way for many years. Just as your mother
feeds you and I everyday, so also He has to be fed everyday. Having explained to
Raghunandan that this is a very big responsibility and he should be very careful
to give his full attention to this service, Mukunda went out. Raghunandan
meanwhile having been instructed by his father, collected the items for offering
to Sri Gopinathji and entered into the deity room. Raghunandan was at that time
barely 5 years old and therefore, when he saw that Gopinath hadn't eaten the
offering after he had imitated how his father offered the bhoga, he became very
worried. Ultimately he simply requested Gopinath with tears in his eyes: "Please
eat! Eat!" Gopinath became completely subjected by Raghunandan's simple request,
which was made entirely in love, and thus he stealthily ate up everything
without leaving any remnants.
After some time Raghu-nandan's father, Mukunda, returned and asked his son if he
had done as he was told? When his son replied "Yes", then Mukunda asked him to
bring some of the prasadam. Raghunandan replied, "Prasadam? I offered everything
just like you told me, and Gopinath ate everything; so what should I bring you
now?" Mukunda was completely taken aback. "This boy is not naughty and is always
accustomed to speak the truth. I doubt if he could have eaten everything. I
wonder what actually happened?"
Musing on this matter in this way for some time, on another day his curiosity
was so stirred that he again requested Raghunandan to offer the bhoga to
Gopinath on that day. On this day however, having gone out of the house, he
again came in by another way and remained hiding in one place. Raghunandan was
very happy to be able to serve Sri Gopinathji again and brought everything into
the deity room. As before, he again very insistently persuaded Gopinath to take
his meal. As Gopinath had eaten half of a laddu, he espied Mukunda peering out
from his hiding spot. He didn't try to cover up the fact that he had eaten what
he had, but neither did he eat anymore. Seeing all this Mukunda was completely
immersed in ecstatic love and picked up his son and put him on his lap. He
extolled his virtues in a voice trembling with ecstasy, all the while torrents
of tears of joy falling from his eyes. Even today, those who are greatly
fortunate can still see that half-eaten laddu in Gopinatha's lotus hand. Thus
Sri Uddhav das sings the glories of Raghunandan, who is non different from
Madan(Cupid).
Raghunandan was present at the khetori utsob. In Krsna lila he was Kandarpa
manjari & in Dwaraka lila he was Sri Krsna's son Kandarpa. Raghunandan's son is
Kanai Thakur. His descendants are still residing at Sri Khanda. Sri Khanda can
be easily reached from Katwa by bus or train. He was born in the year 1432
Sakabda.
Note: Special thanks to Jaya Tirtha Caran prabhu from NZ for allowing us to use some of the content from his site to compile these pages - http://www.hknet.org.nz
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