Narottam das thakur biography of barack

Seeing many auspicious signs surrounding the birth of the prince, the priests prophesied that the boy was a pure soul and a great personality, by whose influence many people would be delivered. The king's wife's name was Sri Narayani Devi. She kept the boy close to her and was always over-protective for his well-being, caring for him personally despite having many nursing mothers at her service.

Srila Narottama Thakura was a prince.

Eventually he grew up and the day of his entrance into school h ate-khari approached. As his schooling went on, everyone was astonished at his unusual intelligence. Simply by hearing a subject once from his gurus he would commit it to memory. In only a short time, he mastered the study of Sanskrit grammar, poetry, rhetoric, and became expert in many different scriptures.

From his boyhood he was attracted by spiritual subject matters. He saw that in ancient times the learned, who understood what real knowledge is, left everything renouncing the world, and went off to the forest in order to devote their lives to the Supreme Lord, Sri Hari. Day by day, Narottama began to think of how he could become free from family life and engage himself in the Lord's service.

He was indifferent to all material enjoyment; where most children usually liked to play, he was uninterested in playing games. At this time, hearing the glories of Sri Nityananda and Gauranga Mahaprabhu from the devotees of the Lord, he experienced great joy. Within a few days of hearing the wonderful qualities of Sri Gaurahari and Nityananda, he began to chant their holy names in japa day and night.

One night the merciful Shri Gauranga, surrounded by his eternal associates appeared to Narottam in a dream and gave him darshan. After this, Narottam das Thakura became extremely impatient day and night about how to get free from family bondage and go to Vrindavan.