Baladeva Vidyabhushana

Despite being renowned all over the world as the Gaudiya Vedanta Acarya, the scarcity of available authentic bio data has led misinformed authors to spread incorrect information about his life incidents.

While his birth date is unknown, a document preserved at the Jaipur Archives dated the fourteenth day of the Bhadra month of Saṁvat 1850 (nineteenth of September, 1793 AD) describes his ceremony of condolence presided by King Pratap Singh of Jaipur (ruled 1778-1803 AD).

[7] According to oral tradition, at an early age he received a thorough education in grammar, poetry, rhetoric and logic, and went on a pilgrimage to various place in India.

There are no instances of any of his sannyasi followers giving up their sannyasa name, nor is this ethically acceptable in either the Gaudiya or Madhva traditions.

With his guru's permission and blessings, he moved to Vrindavana (Vrindavan) to study these teachings under Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura.

[8] It was composed by Vidyabhusana under the order of King Sawai Jai Singh II (1688-1743 AD), as mentioned at the beginning and the end of the manuscript.

This was the Vedanta commentary that Vidyabhusana wrote very quickly in order to appease the King and the opponents who belittled the Gaudiyas for not having a Brahma-sutra-bhasya.

Other works include Siddhanta-ratnam (Govinda-bhasya-pithakam),[10] Prameya-ratnavali, Siddhanta-darpana, Kavya-kaustubha, Vyakarana-kaumudi, Pada-kaustubha, Isadi-upanisad bhasya, Gitabhusana-bhasya, Sri Visnunama-sahasra-nama-bhasya, Sanksepa-bhagavatamrta- tippani, Tattva-sandarbha-tika, Stava-mala-vibhusana-bhasya, Nataka-candrika-tika, Candraloka-tika, Sahitya-kaumudi, Srimad-Bhagavata-tika (Vaisnavanandini).

Returning from Jaipur to Vrindavana, Sri Baladeva presented the certificate of victory to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura and narrated the events that had transpired.

At this time, Sri Baladeva Vidyabhushana began to write a commentary on Srila Jiva Gosvami's Sat-sandarbha.

Sri Vijaya Govinda, residing at Gokulananda Mandira in Vrindavana, is said to have been worshiped by Baladeva Vidyabhushana personally.