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Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur (IAST:Viśvanātha Cakravarti Ṭhākura;c. 1626 –c. 1708) was aGaudiya Vaishnavaacharya born in the village ofDevagram, which is now in theMurshidabad district ofWest Bengal,India. His parents wereRadhi Srenibrahmanas. He also had two brothers named Rambhadra and Raghunatha.
His initiating guru was Sriyuta Krsnacarana Cakravarti of Saiyadabad, Murshidabad, who was fourth in the line fromNarottama Dasa. Visvanatha Chakravarti resided with his guru for many years and composed many books during that time.
His studies of grammar, poetry and rhetoric were completed while he still lived at Nadia. There is a story that he defeated one conquering pandit while he himself was still only a student. From his childhood he was completely indifferent to household life. In order to keep him at home, his father had him married at a very young age. However, he finally renounced family life and came to live atVrindavana. His family members tried to bring him back but were unsuccessful.
Sri Chakravarti Thakura took up residence with Mukunda Dasa, who lived inKrishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami's bhajana kutir atRadha-kunda. There he very intently studied the books and letters of the Gosvamis and composed many commentaries on their writings.
He used to worship adeity named Golokananda. He was also known by the pen nameHarivallabha Das, under which he wrote a number of Vaishnava songs.Most notably his famous song SriGurvashtakam,[1] is sung every morning during MangalArati around 04:30 AM in everyISKCON temple throughout the world.[2]
He composed the following books onGaudiya Vaishnava Theology:[3]
He died on theVasanta-pancami in the month ofMagha.
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