Gambhirananda

Swami Gambhirananda
Personal life
Born	Jatindranath Datta (1899-02-11)11 February 1899 Sadhuhati, Sylhet, British India
Died	27 December 1988(1988-12-27) (aged 89) Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Cause of death	Lung-infection and Cardiac Problems.
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Philosophy	Advaita Vedanta
Religious career
Guru	Swami Shivananda

Swami Gambhirananda (1899–1988), born as Jatindranath Datta, was a Hindu sanyasi who servrd as the 11th President of the Ramakrishna Mission.

Biography

He was born at Sadhuhati in today's Bangladesh. He graduated from Scottish Church College, Calcutta (Kolkata). ^[1]

He joined the Ramakrishna Mission in May, 1923. He was initiated to Sannyasa by Swami Shivananda (a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna) in 1928. Due to his excellent work, he was made the Secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar in the year 1926 and continued till 1935. From 1953-1963, he served as the President of Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati. He became Vice President of the Order in 1979, and was elected as the 11th President in 1985, serving until his death in 1988.

He died on 27 December 1988, at 7:27 pm at Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan from severe lung-infection and cardiac problems. ^[2]

Works

Translations

He translated Adi Shankaracharya's major commentaries into English, namely the Brahma Sutra, ^[3] ten Major Upanishads, ^[4] and the Bhagavad Gita, ^{[5] [6]} and numerous other works related to Vedanta and Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature.

• Brahma Sutra Bhashya With the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1965. p. 944. ISBN   81-7505-105-1.
• Eight Upanishads With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1989. p. 952. ISBN   81-7505-015-2.
• Bhagavad Gita [HB] With the commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1997. p. 848. ISBN   81-7505-041-1.
• Isa Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1996. p. 40. ISBN   81-7505-093-4.
• Kena Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1998. p. 72. ISBN   81-7505-068-3.
• Katha Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. October 1996. p. 152. ISBN   81-85301-33-6.
• Prasna Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1998. p. 112. ISBN   81-7505-023-3.
• Mundaka Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1995. p. 108. ISBN   81-7505-098-5.
• Mandukya Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1995. p. 256. ISBN   81-7505-099-3.
• Taittiriya Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 2004. p. 192. ISBN   81-7505-024-1.
• Aitareya Upanishad With the commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1999. p. 80. ISBN   81-85301-34-4.
• Chandogya Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1983. p. 728. ISBN   81-7505-100-0.
• Shvetashvatara Upanishad With the Commentary of Shankaracharya. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. 1986. p. 232. ISBN   81-7505-103-5.

Other English works

• The apostles of Shri Ramakrishna (compiler, editor), Advaita Ashrama, 2nd ed. 1972
• Holy Mother: Sri Sarada Devi. Chennai: Ramakrishna Math. 1977. p. 540. ISBN   81-7823-186-7.

Bengali

• Upanishad Granthavali (in 3 Vols) (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya.
• Kah Panthah (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya. p. 118. ISBN   81-8040-285-1.
• Juganayak Vivekananda(set of 3 books) (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya. p. 1184. ISBN   81-8040-112-X.
• Navajugadharma (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya. p. 280.
• Stavakusumanjali (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya. p. 408. ISBN   81-8040-225-8.
• Sri Ma Sarada Devi (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya. p. 428. ISBN   81-8040-071-9.
• Siddhantalesha Samgraha of Appayadikshit (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya. p. 272. ISBN   81-8040-215-0.
• Sri Ramakrishna Bhaktamalika (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya. p. 714. ISBN   81-8040-493-5.
• Vartaman Yug O Sri Ramakrishna Bhavdhara (in Bengali). Kolkata: Udbodhan Karyalaya. p. 47.

Hindi

• Yuganayak Vivekananda (in Hindi). Nagpur: Ramakrishna Math. p. 1151.
• Sri Ma Sarada Devi (in Hindi). Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. p. 392. ISBN   81-85301-96-4.
• Sri Ramakrishna Bhaktamalika (in Hindi). Nagpur: Ramakrishna Math. p. 769.

References

1. Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008, p. 589
2. donationsbm. "Swami Gambhirananda". Belur Math - Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
3. Adi Shankaracharya (1972). Brahma Sutra Bhasya Of Shankaracharya Translated by Swami Gambhirananda.
4. Swami Gambhirananda (2011). Eight Upanishads, With the Commentary of Shankaracharya (2 Vol. Set) by Swami Gambhirananda, Adi Shankaracharya.
5. Swami Gambhirananda (1 January 2018). Bhagavad Gita: With the Commentary of Adi Shankaracharya.
6. "Gudartha Dipika, Gambhirananda" (PDF). www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.