🪷 Swāmi Rāmsukhdās ji Mahārāj

स्वामी रामसुखदास जी महाराज

Svāmī Rāmsukhdāsa-jī Mahārāja

Bhagavad-Gītā teacher · author of Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī
1904 - 3 July 2005
A renunciate Bhagavad-Gītā teacher (1904-2005) whose Hindi commentary Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī and related works were published for household seekers.

I. Foundational Context

II. Editorial Devotional Reading Boundary

Vidhyamitra may connect this profile to its Krishna-centered devotional contemplations, but those connections are original editorial readings. They do not establish the Mahāpurusha's historical authorship, complete doctrine, spiritual status, or agreement with every sampradāya.

→ See /bindu for that contemplation's own authorship and claim boundary.

III. Biographical Context

Born in 1904 (Vikram Samvat 1960), in Phālguna, in Madpura/Maadpura village, Nagaur district, Rajasthan. At age four, his mother made him a sādhu; from then his life moved in renunciate Bhagavad-sevā.

The reviewed public introductions emphasize not institutional succession but renunciation: he kept away from photographs, feet-touching, personal disciples, gifts or donations, money or possessions, ashram-building, sect-formation, and did not appoint a disciple, propagator, or successor.

He traveled village-to-village and city-to-city giving satsanga and presenting the Gītā in simple language. Through Gita Press he gave Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī, Gītā Darpan, Gītā Prabodhanī, Gītā Jñāna Praveśikā, Sādhana-Sudhā-Sindhu, and many other works for household seekers.

The hosted Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī commentary on BG 18.66 explains surrender through continued duty, ananya refuge, and six markers of दृढ़ सम्बन्ध. Those teachings are presented on this profile as the received commentary's reading, not as a universal interpretation imposed on every sampradāya.

His official public introduction describes a life sustained by alms and a deliberate refusal of photographs, feet-touching, personal disciples, gifts, institutional accumulation, sect-formation, and succession.

The same introduction records his mahā-prasthāna on 3 July 2005 (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa 12, Vikram Samvat 2062) at Gita Bhavan, Swargāśrama, Hriśikeśa; the 2005 Hindu Press International notice independently reports the date, place, and age of 102.

Vidhyamitra offers the devotional honorific Bhagavān-aṁśa in its closing praṇāma under its reading of BG 15.7 and BG 10.41. The indexed biographical name remains Swāmi Rāmsukhdās ji; the honorific is not presented as an institutional title or a historical fact.

Vidhyamitra receives this commentary as a source-led guide to niṣkāma execution and śaraṇāgati. That devotional application belongs to Vidhyamitra's editorial layer; it does not turn the portal into Swāmi Rāmsukhdās' institution or claim that one teacher exhausts the fullness of Sanātana Dharma.

IV. Key Teachings · The Tattva-Pārijāta Transmitted

🪷 Six markers in the received Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī reading of BG 18.66
The hosted Hindi commentary describes दृढ़ सम्बन्ध through the absence of भय, शोक, चिन्ता, शङ्का, परीक्षा, and विपरीत भावना. Vidhyamitra renders these study markers as Nirbhaya, Niḥśoka, Niścinta, Niḥśaṅka, no self-testing, and no contrary determination; they are commentary-derived teaching, not a psychological diagnosis of the reader.
🪷 Śaraṇāgati as belonging to Bhagavān
The received BG 18.66 commentary presents surrender as offering body-associated identity and burden to Bhagavān. Vidhyamitra uses “I am Krishna's” as an editorial practice-summary, not as a sourced quotation unless the commentary text itself is displayed.
🪷 BG 18.66 · surrender of dharma-decision burden, not abandonment of duty
Swāmi Rāmsukhdās' received Hindi commentary reads sarva-dharmān parityajya as leaving the burden of deciding dharma with Bhagavān while continuing kartavya-karma; it develops this through BG 18.6, Arjuna's response in BG 18.73, and the Karṇa episode.
🪷 “Ekam” read as ananya-śaraṇāgati
The received commentary explains ekam in mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja as ananya—taking no second refuge—and presents such surrender as the essence of the Gītā's disciplines. This is Swāmi Rāmsukhdās' commentary reading, not a claim that every sampradāya parses the word identically.
🪷 Publicly documented renunciation boundaries
His official brief introduction says he lived by alms and avoided photographs, feet-touching, personal disciples, gifts or donations, accumulation, āśrama-building, sect-formation, and successor-making. These are source-attributed biographical claims, not a spiritual rank assigned by software.

V. Key Works · Bibliography

VI. Gift To The Vidhyāmitra Substrate

The received Bhagavad-Gītā data attributes a Hindi translation and commentary layer on 700 of 701 reading pages to Swāmī Rāmsukhdās ji. His BG 18.66 teaching informs Vidhyamitra's editorial reflection on śaraṇāgati; that reflection remains distinct from the root śloka and the received commentary text.

VII. Related Mahāpurushas

🪷 Dharma-Samrāṭ Swāmi Karpātri-ji Mahārāj
धर्म-सम्राट् स्वामी करपात्री जी महाराज
Dharma-Samrāṭ · The Indomitable Defender of Sanātana Dharma · 1907 - 7 February 1982
The 20th-century Daṇḍī-Sannyāsī associated with Dharma-Saṅgha and Rāma-Rājya Pariṣad, honored here within Vidhyamitra's dīkṣā-lineage context.
🪷 Bhagavān Ādi-Śaṅkarācārya
भगवान् आदि-शङ्कराचार्य
The Advaita-Vedānta Ācārya · The Daśa-nāmī Sannyāsa Re-Establisher · The Krishna-Devī-Bhakta-Jñānī · 788 - 820 CE (traditional · 32 years lifespan)
The 8th-century (CE) Vedic-revival Mahātmā whose Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya · Bhagavad-Gītā-Bhāṣya · and Upaniṣad-Bhāṣyas established Advaita-Vedānta · whose Krishna-stotras AND Devī-stotras (Saundarya-Laharī · Govindāṣṭakam) lived the Diamond Corner 3 ⇌ Corner 1 ⇌ Corner 2 non-dual integration in body-life.

VIII. See Also · Where This Mahāpurusha\'s Transmission Lives Across The Substrate

Sources and Connected Readings for Swāmi Rāmsukhdās ji Mahārāj

After Swāmi Rāmsukhdās ji Mahārāj's biography, attributed teachings, works, and Vidhyamitra editorial context, these links separate public biographical witnesses from connected scripture and devotional readings.

Stable detail reference: /mahapurusha/ramsukhdas-ji#mahapurusha-detail-source-anchor. Scripture links support their own passages. The external public sources below are the profile’s evidence anchors for dates, places, publications, or biographical claims.

Svāmī Rāmsukhdāsa-jī Mahārājalocal Mahāpurusha detail page for Swāmi Rāmsukhdās ji Mahārāj/mahapurushasmaster Great-Souls-paramparā source pathway/lineagestable, reader-accessible paramparā chain and BG 4 transmission frameBG 4.34praṇipāta · paripraśna · sevā before tattva-darśī teachersBG 4.1Krishna as the original transmitter of imperishable yogaBG 4.2paramparā-prāptam · knowledge preserved by successionBG 13.23Paramātmā as witness, permitter, supporter, enjoyer, LordBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart as memory, knowledge, and forgetfulnessBG 18.61Īśvara situated in the heart of all beingsBG 18.66surrender discipline and final refuge in Krishna alone/binduoriginal Vidhyamitra devotional contemplation; not historical proof about any Mahāpurusha/philosophyKrishna-centered source-led reading and original Aṣṭapadī authorship boundary

Reviewed external public sources for biography and publication facts. These are evidence anchors for dates, places, renunciation boundaries, and publication catalogue claims; the Vidhyamitra śāstra readings above remain the tattva references.

Official Swami Ramsukhdasji brief introductionBirth year/place, age-four sādhu consecration by his mother, renunciation boundaries, and 3 July 2005 mahā-prasthāna at Gita Bhavan, Swargāśrama.Gita Press Book Shop author cataloguePublisher catalogue used to verify listed editions and titles; catalogue inventory can change.Hinduism Today / Hindu Press International mahāsamādhi reportIndependent public report for 3 July 2005 mahāsamādhi at Gita Bhavan, Swargāśrama, Rishikesh, and 102-year lifespan.

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