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Shri Nityananda’s two wives, Shri Vasudha and Shri Jahnava Devi, are expansions of Lord Balarama’s eternal consorts Varuni and Revati. Ma Jahnava, an affectionate name given by the Devotees, traveled throughout Gaura and Vraja mandalas. Wherever she went the Gaura bhaktas happily greeted and served her. Known as Nityananda-svarupini, Jahnava Devi overflowed with prema bhakti. She delivered many atheists and sinners by her compassionate preaching.

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Jahnava Mata – Biography

In Gaur-Ganoddesh-Dipika it is stated that they are the expansions of Baruni and Revati the eternal consorts of Lord Balaram and Suryadas Sarkhel, was an expansion of Kakudmir, the king of Raivat. (In the image: Lord Balarama with His wives Varuni and Revati, Tota Gopinath Mandir).

Shri Suryadas Sarkhel was a resident of Shaligram. He had five brothers – Damodara, Jagannatha, Gaura das, Krishna das and Nrsimha Chaitanya. He received the title “Sarkhel” because he used to keep the accounts for the king of Gaur desh. He had two daughters named Vasudha and Janhava, who was the youngest.

In Gaur-Ganoddesh-Dipika it is stated that they are the expansions of Varuni and Revati the eternal consorts of Lord Balaram and Suryadas Sarkhel, was an expansion of Kakudmir, the king of Raivat.

Once Mahaprabhu drew Prabhu Nityananda aside said to him, “If you also confine yourself to the austere life of a renunciate, then who will deliver the people who are immersed in maya? How will our work continue in this world? Therefore, please return to Gaudadesha and accept the householder way of life. You can continue to preach bhajan sankirtan and be the living example of love and devotion for materialistic people.”

Mahaprabhu urged Nityananda Prabhu to enter wedlock because He knew that Nityananda’s Shaktis had appeared and were waiting for him. One of them would play a critical role in keeping the movement alive in the future when They would disappear.

Nityananda arrived at the home of Suryadas along with his favourite disciple, Uddharan Dutta. “I wish to marry; please give your daughter’s hand in marriage to me” he said to Suryadas. But Suryadas did not agree as Nityananda had abandoned his Varna. Being rejected by Suryadas, Nityananda went back.

But what happened to Vasudha? Knowing that the omniscient Godhead wanted to espouse her, she became lovesick. And when He was turned away by the father, she lost consciousness. The doctor was called in, but she did not revive and soon after, went into a coma and died.

On getting this tragic news, Gouridas came and fell at the feet of his elder brother Suryadas. He asked Suryadas to call Prabhu Nityananda back as He alone could bring Vasudha back to life.

Vasudha’s body had been taken to the banks of the Ganga for the last rites. Nityananda appeared there and Suryadas fell flat at his feet. “Please bring my daughter back to life” he sobbed.

Nityananda said, “Only if you agree to give her in marriage to me, I will bring her back to life.” Suryadas agreed.

The gentle breeze from the transcendental body of Prabhu Nityananda touched the body of Vasudha. The divine fragrance of His body entered through her nostrils. Vasudha regained consciousness and gazed at Prabhu Nityananda will wide open eyes.

“Now arrange the marriage,” commanded Nityananda Prabhu. Suryadas replied, “Please undergo the Vedic purificatory rites and adorn the sacred thread.” Nityananda complied saying, “As you wish. I remain uninvolved. Today the only supreme ruler is Chaitanya Goswami.”

After the marriage, one day Nityananda Prabhu was taking his meal. Vasudha’s younger sister Janhava was serving the food. The veil covering Janhava’s head slipped and Nityananda saw her and realized that Janhava Devi was his complete energy – his shakti.

Thus the marriage ceremony was very auspiciously performed and Nityananda Prabhu remained at Shaligram with his two newly wedded wives for a few days. (In the image: Wedding of Devotees in Carpinteria).

He told Suryadas, “Please give your younger daughter to me also as my wife.” Suryadas said, “I have nothing that I cannot give you. My wealth, caste, household and even my very life – everything is yours.”

Thus the marriage ceremony was very auspiciously performed and Nityananda Prabhu remained at Shaligram with his two newly wedded wives for a few days.

Thereafter He came to Shri Krishna das’s house at Borgachi, where He remained for a couple of days. Next He went to Navadwip. Along with his two wives He offered His obeisance at the feet of Sachi mata. Sachi Ma was extremely pleased to see them and showered her affection the new brides.

Then taking leave of Sachi mata, Nityananda went to Advaita Acharya’s house in Shantipur. Shri Sita Thakurani began to float in the ocean of bliss on seeing Vasudha and Janhava devi. Taking them in her lap she blessed the new brides.

Vasudha gave birth to eight sons and one daughter. Seven sons died one after the other. Only the daughter Ganga and the youngest son Virchandra or Virbhadra survived.

Soon after the birth of her two children, Vasudha passed away, and Janhava vowed to raise them as her own. Janhava did not bear any children. Virchandra was her special favourite.

As time passed, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu passed away and soon thereafter Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Acharya, Shrivas Pandit and other associates of Mahaprabhu also disappeared. Janhava Ma continued their work and developed a reputation as a superlative Vaishnavi, embodying the ideals of devotion in the Gaudiya sampradaya.

She initiated her son Virbhadra as well as many other members of the Vaishnava community. Major figures in Mahaprabhu's lineage took shelter at her lotus feet, and personalities like Narottama Das Thakur, Shrinivas Acharya, and Shyamananda Prabhu accepted her as the most prominent Vaishnava in Bengal.

She was invited to the great festival of Kheturi and accorded the highest honour. On the first day of the Kheturi festival, the Devotees requested Janhava Ma to take charge of all the festivities. This she did, making sure that kirtan was going on with full enthusiasm that the Deities were being worshiped with elaborate splendor, and that devotional games commemorating Krishna’s pastimes were being enjoyed by the mass of participants – and there were thousands.

Janhava said, “This is the grace of Mahaprabhu on Narottam and Shrinivas. He has fulfilled His promise. Wherever there is naam sankirtan, there He appears. (In the image: Kids are chanting the Holy Names and honoring Prasadam, South Africa).

On that grand occasion, the first recorded observance of the birth anniversary of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu after His disappearance, six Deities were installed. After the installation of the Deities Janhava Ma asked Shrinivas Acharya to distribute garlands and sandalwood paste amongst the Devotees. Thereafter, she also accepted a garland and sandalwood paste. Then she directed the kirtan to begin.

Kheturi was flooded with waves of divine love ! Shriman Mahaprabhu was a lover of hymns and He appeared at the scene with His associates. For a minute, everyone beheld a lightening flash of the divine halo of Godhead. Then it disappeared.

The sankirtan party was filled with grief as Mahaprabhu disappeared. Where have they all gone? Everyone was there, Advaita, Nityananda, Shrivas, Murari, Haridas, Gadadhar, Vakreshwar. Even Swarup Damodar, Ramananda, Sarvabhauma and Narahari !! Where did they go?

Janhava said, “This is the grace of Mahaprabhu on Narottam and Shrinivas. He has fulfilled His promise. Wherever there is naam sankirtan, there He appears. Now start the smearing of Phagu (colour).

Janhava entered the Temple and smeared the Deity of Mahaprabhu with Phagu. Everyone started throwing colour – not merely between human beings but between Devotees and God.

After the evening pooja and aarti, Janhava said to Shrinivas, “now please perform the birth anniversary of Shri Gauranga.”

Next morning after taking her bath and performing puja, Janhava Ma started cooking the Prasad. After offering the bhog she distributed it among all the Devotees and herself honoured the Maha Prasad only after everyone else was fed.

The following day she told Narottam Das Thakur, “Now I will go to Vrindavan.” Accompanied by relatives Krishna Sarkhel, son-in-law Madhavacharya, Gopal Parmeshwari Das and others, she set off to Vrindavan.

During the journey several miraculous events occurred. En route, some envious people of one village where the group halted wanted to harm them while they were sleeping in the night. The presiding Deity of their village Goddess Chandi appeared in their dream and chastised them severely for even thinking of harming Janhava Ma. “Janhava is a Goddess. Beg forgiveness and take refuge of her or else, I will destroy all of you” said the Goddess. The repentant men fell at Janhava’s feet and pleaded for mercy.

One day at noon, Janhava heard the enchanting melody of the flute on the bank of Shri Radha kunda. Thrilled, she looked around. And behold, she saw the graceful three-fold bending form of Shri Krishna beneath the Kadamba tree playing on His sweet Murali, and surrounding Him was Shrimati Radharani and the Gopis. Beholding this beatific vision, Janhava Ma fell into a trance. (In the image: Shri Shri Radha Krishna and Gopis, Radha Kund, Vrindavan).

On another occasion during the journey some dacoits wanted to rob them. They waited till the night and started walking to the river bank where the pilgrims’ party was asleep. As they walked, the path kept stretching endlessly but they could not reach the sleeping Devotees. Finally at dawn they realized what had happened and ran and fell at Janhava Ma’s feet. These dacoits were converted into Vaishnava Devotees.

Although Janhava Ma journeyed to Vraja after the Kheturi festival, she did go to Vraja one or two times before. On her first trip it is said that Rupa Goswami himself explained the literature to her at this time. Gradually, she developed a methodical plan to create solidarity between the Vaishnavas of Bengal and those of Vraja, and she accomplished this quite effectively during her few visits to the land of Krishna’s pastimes.

Janhava Ma converted Muslims to Mahaprabhu's Vaishnavism and endeared herself to the Gaudiya Devotees throughout India. The Six Goswamis treated her with the utmost respect, and Raghunath Das Gosvami, in particular, was grateful for her association. He spent a good deal of time showing her the area of Radha-kunda, and the two of them took every opportunity to dance in ecstasy.

Once, in a vision, she saw the Gopinatha Deity and His little Radha companion, who told her to replace the Radha Deity with one that was larger. This mission she took back with her to Bengal and finally journeyed back to Vrindavan with the new Deity of Shri Radha. When the Deity reached Vrindavan, it had to be decided where the original smaller Deity would be placed. The king of Jaipur took charge of the original Deity. The new Deity was installed on the left of Shri Gopinatha and the new one was called “Janhava Radhika”. (In the image: Original Radhika Gopinath Ananga Manjari Deities, Jaipur).

When Janhava Thakurani saw Rama Ghat, the area along the banks of the Yamuna where Balarama enjoyed a rasa dance of His own, her spiritual rapture knew no bounds. She had mystic visions throughout her life and received divine guidance from Nityananda Prabhu long after He left this world.

When Janhava Ma saw the lovely form of Gopinatha with two Radhikas – one of either side of Him – it appeared as if a dark Tamal tree was being embraced by two loving creepers. She then dedicated all the offerings that she had brought from Gaud to Radha Gopinatha. She lovingly fed them preparing savoury items with her own hands.

One day she entered the Temple alone and the Temple door closed behind her. Shri Gopinatha caught hold of Janhava’s garment and pulled her making her sit on His left. When the Devotees opened the door of the Temple, they found Janhava transformed in a golden Deity manifest on Gopinath’s right side!

The Vamshishiksha says that Janhava Ma left this world by merging into the Deity of Lord Gopinatha in Vrindavan.

At the time of Janhava's departure from the mortal world, her beautiful manifestation as Ananga Manjari, standing in a dancing pose at Krishna’s right side, was emphasized by Nityananda Prabhu's most intimate followers. This "Ananga-Kanai-Rai," the worshipful devotion of Radha's younger sister along with Radha and Krishna together, remains the focus of Devotees coming in the line of Janhava Devi.

Shri Janhava Thakurani opened Vaishnavism up to women in a way that broke all boundaries, allowing them equal footing with men in terms of service, devotion, accomplishment and the ability to rise to the highest level of perfection.

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Jahnava Mata – Biography

Balaram’s wives Varuni and Revati became Vasudha and Jahnavi, the two wives of Nityananda Prabhu, in Chaitanya-lila. Both of them were the daughters of Surya Das, who was as effulgent as the sun. He was Kakudman, the father of Revati, in his previous birth. According to another opinion, Jahnava was the incarnation of Ananga Manjari. Both these opinions are possible, as we have shown that more than one identity can be joined in associates of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. (Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 65-6) (In the image: Lord Balaram with His wives).

shri-varuni-revata-vamsha-sambhave

tasya priye dve vasudha ca jahnavi

shri-surya-dasasya mahatmanah sute

kakudma-rupasya ca surya-tejasah

ananga-manjarim kecij jahnavam ca pracakshate ubhayam tu samicinam purva-nyayat satam matam

(Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 65-6)

Jahnava’s father was Surya Das Sarakhela. According to the Gaudiya Vaishnava Abhidhana, her mother’s name was Bhadravati. Surya Das’s Shripata is in the village of Shaligrama, which is not far from Navadwip, situated close to the Muragacha station on the Eastern Railway. Surya Das was the third son of Kamsari Mishra. His older brothers were Damodar and Jagannath, his younger brothers, Gauri Das, Krishna Das Sarakhela and Nrisingha Chaitanya.

Shaligrama is not far from Navadwip. Surya Das Pandit made his home there. He held an important post in the service of the king of Gauda, as a result of which he was given the title Sarakhela (‘commander’) and earned a large amount of money. Surya Das and his brothers were all very pure in their character and they had a spotless reputation. His virtues are innumerable. His daughters were Vasudha and Jahnava.

(Bhakti-ratnakara 12.3875-8)

Surya Das Sarakhela and Krishna Das were brothers who both had great faith in Nityananda and were filled with love for Krishna. (Chaitanya Charitamrita 1.11.25)

Surya Das Sarakhela was a magnanimous Devotee whose brother was Gauri Das Pandit. Gauri Das took his permission to come and live in Ambika on the banks of the Ganges.

(Bhakti-ratnakara 7.330-1)

Nityananda Prabhu’s Wedding

Narahari Chakravarti Thakur has written about Jahnava Devi’s holy life at length in his Bhakti-ratnakara. Every manifestation of Vishnu-tattva has three energies which are known as Shri, Bhu, and Nila or Lila. Nityananda Prabhu is also Vishnu-tattva and possesses these three energies. In the 12th Taranga of the Bhakti-ratnakara, Lord Nityananda’s wedding is described as taking place according to human custom. The essence of that description is as follows.

A certain kayastha named Krishna Das, the son of Harihoria of Bariagachi, a village near Shaligrama, took the responsibility of seeking a wife for Nityananda Prabhu. A certain elderly Brahmin from Shaligrama saw that Surya Das was worried about finding a suitable husband for his two daughters and made the following suggestion: “In the village of Ekachakra in Radhadesha are a couple named Hariai Pandit and Padmavati Devi. They were Vasudeva and Rohini in their previous lives in Krishna-lila. Balaram has become incarnate as their son, Nityananda. Nitai traveled to all the places of pilgrimage and performed many austerities and became a great scholar before coming to Navadwip and becoming Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s dearest associate. He is the eternal husband of your two daughters.”

“In the village of Ekachakra in Radhadesha are a couple named Hariai Pandit and Padmavati Devi. They were Vasudeva and Rohini in their previous lives in Krishna-lila. Balaram has become incarnate as their son, Nityananda. Nitai traveled to all the places of pilgrimage and performed many austerities and became a great scholar before coming to Navadwip and becoming Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s dearest associate. He is the eternal husband of your two daughters.” (In the wallpaper: from left to right Shri Balaram, ISKCON Punjabi Bagh,Delhi; Shri Nityananda Prabhu, ISKCON Chowpatty, Mumbai).

In a dream, Surya Das also had a vision of Nityananda as Balaram with Vasudha and Jahnava standing to his left and right in their forms as Revati and Varuni. When Surya Das took the Brahmin’s advice seriously and offered the two girls to Nityananda’s lotus feet, Nityananda Prabhu mercifully gave him the same vision directly. Surya Das fainted in ecstasy.

He saw Vasudha and Jahnava as Varuni and Revati, whose forms were more effulgent than mountains of gold and kunkum. Standing to the left and right of Balaram, they were decorated in magnificent jewelry and bedecked in fine, colorful clothes. Nityananda revealed this magnificence to his Devotee in order to give him joy, and Surya Das completely forgot himself in his ecstasy.

(Bhakti-ratnakara 12.3908-10)

The adhivasa rituals on the eve of the wedding were conducted in the house of Krishna Das Sarakhela in Shaligrama. All the Brahmins of Bariagachi and Shaligrama were present there.

The fortunate Surya Das Sarakhela gave his two daughters away to Nityananda Prabhu according to the religious rites and popular custom.

(Bhakti-ratnakara 12.3983)

Jahnava Devi herself had no sons, but Nityananda’s Shakti Vasudha Devi gave birth to Virabhadra (or Virachandra) Goswami and Ganga Devi, who are the incarnations of Kshirodakashayi Vishnu and the river Ganges, respectively. (In the wallpaper: Kshirodakashayi Vishnu, Ganga Mata).

At Sachi Mata’s request, Nityananda Prabhu stayed for some time after his wedding in Shantipur before moving to Saptagram, where he stayed with Uddharan Datta, and then establishing a permanent residence at Khardaha on the banks of the Ganges.

Jahnava Devi herself had no sons, but Nityananda’s Shakti Vasudha Devi gave birth to Virabhadra (or Virachandra) Goswami and Ganga Devi, who are the incarnations of Kshirodakashayi Vishnu and the river Ganges, respectively. According to the Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika (69), Ganga Devi’s husband Madhavacharya is an incarnation of King Shantanu.

Jahnava Devi’s Glories

Virabhadra Goswami was inundated with Jahnava Mata’s mercy, becoming her direct initiated disciple. Nityananda Das writes in his Prema-vilasa that when Virabhadra saw Jahnava in a four-armed form that his mind was changed and he decided to accept her as his diksha guru.

Without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu’s energy Jahnava Devi, no one is able to cross over the ocean of material life, nor can one obtain the service of Nityananda Prabhu and enter into the loving service of his worshipable Gaurahari and Radha Krishna. Bhaktivinoda Thakur has written in his Kalyana-kalpa-taru:

O Jahnava Devi! Be merciful to this servant today. Deliver me from my pain and give me a place in the boat of your lotus feet so that I can be sure to cross over the ocean of birth and death. You are Nityananda’s energy, you are devotion to Krishna and my guru. Please give this servant the desire tree of your lotus feet. How numerous are the fallen souls that you have saved, so this fallen beggar seeks a place at your feet.

The mahajana Krishna Das, in his song which begins jaya Radhe jaya Krishna jaya Vrindavan, has prayed for Jahnava Devi’s mercy after glorifying Krishna’s name, abode and associates. “Remembering Jahnava Devi’s lotus feet, the lowly Krishna Das sings the names of the Lord.”

Jahnava Devi’s Travels

Jahnava was present when Narottama Das Thakur put on a great festival at Kheturi village to install the Deities on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance day. Indeed, the installation of the Deities took place under her direction. She also supervised and personally participated in the cooking of the first offering and made the first offering to the Deities. She served the Prasad to the assembled mahantas.

Jahnava Ishvari rose early that morning in great delight and took her bath and did her mantra meditation. Then she began to cook innumerable vegetable preparations with great enthusiasm.

(Bhakti-ratnakara 10.686-7)

The ghat where Jahnava bathed and had this vision is today known as Shri Jahnava Ghat. (In the image: Place where Jahnava Mata sat, Radha Kund, Vrindavan).

All of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s personal associates from Bengal were very happy to see Narottama Das. Jahnava Devi, the daughter of Surya Pandit and wife of Nityananda Prabhu, worshiped by the entire universe, expert in the distribution of the pearl of prema, was delighted to hear his name. Her joy increased when she observed his uncommon love for Krishna and his renunciation. Out of her mercy, she came to Kheturi, satisfying everyone by being present there and giving her darshan to all. How can a fallen person like myself fully describe the compassionate nature of Shrimati Jahnava Devi.

(Bhakti-ratnakara 1.429-34)

Jahnava Devi’s travels are described in the eleventh Taranga of Bhakti-ratnakara. On the road from Kheturi to Braj she stopped in a prosperous village where she delivered some atheistic unbelievers and criminals and bestowed Krishna-prema upon them. When she arrived in Vrindavan, she saw the samadhi of Gauri Das Pandit which moved her to tears. When in Vrindavan, the leaders of the Vaishnava community such as Jiva Goswami, Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Lokanatha Gosvami, Bhugarbha Goswami, Madhu Pandit, etc., all came to offer her their respectful greetings. Taking these leaders with her, she visited the principle Temples of Vrindavan — Madana Mohana, Govinda and Gopinath — before going to Radha Kund. There she met Raghunath Das Goswami, who was engaged in constant chanting of the Holy Names, and whose body was emaciated by his austerities.

Jahnava remained in Radha Kund for three days engaged in bhajana. She heard the sound of Krishna’s flute while sitting on the banks of the tank and had a vision of Shri Krishna which overwhelmed her with waves of divine love. The ghat where Jahnava bathed and had this vision is today known as Shri Jahnava Ghat. She then took the company of Vaishnavas on a parikrama of Vraja-mandala. During this parikrama she heard Jiva Goswami discourse on Brihad-Bhagavatamrita.

After her visit to Braj, Jahnava returned to Gauda-desha where she visited numerous villages. She spent three or four days in Kheturi (Narottama Das’s home), some time in Budhuri (the home of Ramachandra Kaviraj in Murshidabad district), the place of Nityananda’s birth in Ekachakra (Birbhum), Katwa (where Mahaprabhu took sannyasa and where she met Yadunandana Acharya), Jajigrama (Shrinivas Acharya’s home village), Shrikhanda (the home of Raghunandan Thakur, son of Narahari Sarkara Thakur), Navadwip, Ambika, Saptagram (where she visited Uddharan Datta’s house) before finally returning to Khardaha. There she recounted the story of her entire voyage to Vasudha and Virabhadra Goswami.

By Jahnava Devi’s mercy, Nityananda’s dear associate Parameshvari Das Thakur was fortunate enough to see Gopinath united with Radharani in Vrindavan. When he returned to Khardaha and told what he had seen to Jahnava and Vasudha, Jahnava was overwhelmed with loving ecstasies. She instructed him to immediately go to the village of Satpur and to install Deities of Radha and Gopinath there.

Jahnava Devi arranged for Virabhadra’s marriage to Yadunandana Acharya’s two daughters, Shrimati and Narayani, both of whom became disciples of Jahnava.

Nityananda’s shakti, Shrimati Jahnava Devi disappeared on the shukla navami tithi of Vaishakh.

[Excerpted from “Shri Chaitanya: His Life & Associates” by Shrila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj]

Jahnava Mata

"...You are Nityananda-sakti, the divine energy of Lord Nityananda Himself. You are the guru of Krishna bhakti. Be merciful to me and grant me the shade of your lotus feet, which are like a desire tree. You have delivered countless abominable sinners. Please deliver me in the same way. Today, praying for your mercy, this lowly sinner falls at your holy feet." (In the image: Jahnava Mata).

Shri Nityananda's two wives, Shri Vasudha and Shri Jahnava Devi, are expansions of Lord Balarama's eternal consorts Varuni and Revati. After the disappearance of the Pancha-tattva and many of Lord Chaitanaya's eternal associates, a huge sankirtana festival was held in Kheturi on Gaura-Purnima. Thousands of Lord Gauranga's followers such as Narottama, Shyamananda, Shrinivasa, Vrindavana Dasa, Murari Chaitanya, Parameshvara, and Miniketana Rama attended the first Kheturi Sankirtana Mahotsava.

They celebrated Gauranga's appearance day with thunderous chanting, exuberant dancing, tasty Prasadam. Six sets of beautiful Deities were installed. Shri Jahnava Mata cooked a matchless feast and personally served all the Vaishnavas. During Narottama Dasa Thakura's prema nama kirtana, Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shri Nityananda Prabhu, and all Their associates suddenly appeared to the delight of all.

Ma Jahnava, an affectionate name given by the Devotees, traveled throughout Gaura and Vraja mandalas. Wherever she went the Gaura bhaktas happily greeted and served her. Known as Nityananda-svarupini, Jahnava Devi overflowed with prema bhakti. She delivered many atheists and sinners by her compassionate preaching.

Shrila Thakura Bhaktivinoda offers this prayer to Jahnava Mata in Kalyana-kalpa-taru: "0h Jahnava Devi! By the power of your divine qualities, be merciful to this servant of yours. Dispel this illusion which torments me. And relieve me of material existence. Let me take shelter at your lotus feet. You are Nityananda-sakti, the divine energy of Lord Nityananda Himself. You are the guru of Krishna bhakti. Be merciful to me and grant me the shade of your lotus feet, which are like a desire tree. You have delivered countless abominable sinners. Please deliver me in the same way. Today, praying for your mercy, this lowly sinner falls at your holy feet."

It is said that Shri Jahvana Devi left this world by entering the Deity of Gopinatha in Vrindavana.