Hiranya Pandita

Hiranya Pandita

 Hiranya Mahasaya was one of the most humble Devotees of the Lord. He was devout brahmana of Navadwipa and a great renunciate. His house was in a lonely place in Navadwipa.

   Lord Chaitanya in His childhood had bestowed causeless on Hiranya Mahasaya. 

   (C.C. Adi 10.70)

   Regarding Hiranya Pandita, it is said that once when Lord Nityananda, decorated with valuable jewels, was staying at his home, all night long a great thief attempted to plunder these jewels but was unsuccessful. Later he came to Nityananda Prabhu and surrendered unto Him.

   (C.C. Adi 10.70)

   There was a pious brahmana called Hiranya Pandita who lived in Navadwipa. He was a most humble Devotee of the Lord. Shri Nityananda Prabhu stayed at the house of this fortunate soul since his house was in a lonely place.

   (Lord Nityananda delivers the gang of thieves at the house of Hiranya Pandita from Antya Khanda of Nityananda Charitamrita)

   In his past incarnation he was Yajnapatni of Vraja (Gauraganoddesadipika 192).

   The episode of Lord Gauranga eating naivedya offered to the Deity took place in Hiranya's house.

   "Another story narrated here is how the Lord ate all the food offered to Vishnu in the house of Jagadisa and Hiranya on Ekadashi day."

   (Caitanya Bhagavat Adi Lila Chapter One)

   Other sources inform that this Hiranya Pandita had two other brothers named Jagadisha and Mahesha Pandita. He is the thirty-second branch of Chaitanya tree.