A Very Sacred Day

Srila Gurudeva Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, Turnbridge, England, on July 8, 1999
Today is a very sacred day. It is the disappearance day of Srivasa Pandita. In this world a person's disappearance day is considered somewhat of a bad thing, so why do I call this a sacred day? If anyone dies in this world, there is suffering and lamentation; a feeling of separation. We are also feeling separation today, but actually, today is the day that Srivasa Pandita joined the maha-rasa of Krsna, or he went from this world to Vaikuntha to eternally serve his holy master there. He is so happy today.
Where did he go? Did he go to Vaikuntha, or to Ayodhya, or to Dvaraka, or to Goloka Vrndavana? Where did he go?
Sripad Asrama Maharaja: He went to Svetadvipa in the form of Srivasa Thakura, and because he's also Narada Muni, he also went to Vaikuntha.
Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Where did he go?
Sripad Madhava Maharaja: He's always in Svetadvipa serving Mahaprabhu, and always in Vaikuntha in the form of Narada Muni. In the form of Madhu-mangala he is serving as the cowherd friend of Krsna and joking with Him in Goloka Vrndavana. Where ever Krsna's pastimes and Mahaprabhu's pastimes are going on, in this planet and so many other planets, Narada is also there.
Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Narada Rsi has so many forms. As his worshipful Deity, Krsna, has so many forms everywhere, with so many manifestations, and Narada Rsi does as well. He is everywhere: in this world, in Vaikuntha, in Dvaraka, in Svetadvipa – everywhere. In the form of Madhumangala he is serving Krsna in sakhya-rasa, and he may serve Srimati Radhika as Naradi-sakhi. Srivasa Pandit is the same as Narada. As Srivasa Pandita, Narada Rsi serves Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.