"He who was previously a very munificent cowherd boy has now
appeared as Mahesa Pandita. In ecstatic love, he dances like a
madman as though intoxicated to the beat of a kettle drum. [C.C.
Adi 11.32]
According to Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika, Mahesa Pandita was formerly
Maha-Bahusakha in Krsna-lila. He was a companion of Nityananda
Prabhu, and was present at
the Danda Mahotsava held at Paninati.
In Bhakti-Ratnakara, Taranga Nine, it is stated that when Narottama
dasa Thakura came to visit Khardaha, he had darshana of the lotus
feet of Mahesa Pandita.
Vrindavana dasa Thakura has described him as a 'param mahanta' due
to the fact that he was very dear to Nityananda Prabhu. [C.B. Antya
5.744]
Mahesa Pandita's original Sripat at Sukh Sagor merged into the bed
of the Ganges, but his worshippable deities of Sri Sri
Nitai-Gauranga as well as his samadhi were moved to Palpara. There
is a railway station there,
between Simrali and Cakdaha stations, on the Sealdah-Krsnanagar
line.
His disappearance day is on the thirteenth day of the bright
fortnight in the month of Pausa.
