Nityananda-tattva
Nityananda and Advaita
Two Main Branches of the Caitanya Tree
5.1
advaita acarya, nityananda, dui anga
dui-jana lana prabhura yata kichu ranga
Nityananda Prabhu and Advaitacarya
are the two expansions of Lord
Caitanya
Mahaprabhu who assist His transcendental pastimes. (Cc. Adi
5.146)
5.2
sankarsanah karana-toya-sayi
garbhoda-sayi ca payobdhi-sayi
sesas ca yasyamsa-kalah sa nitya-
nandakhya-ramah saranam mamastu
May Sri Nityananda Prabhu be the object of my constant remembrance.
Sankarsana, Mahavisnu, Garbhodaksayi Visnu,
and Ksirodaksayi Visnu, as well as
Sesa are His expansions and
the expansions of His expansions. That
same Nityananda Prabhu, is none other than Balarama. (Cc. Adi 1.7)
5.3
mayatite vyapi-vaikuntha-loke
purnaisvarye sri-catur-vyuha-madhye
rupam yasyodbhati sankarsanakhyam
tam sri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
I surrender unto the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda Rama,
who is known
as Sankarsana in the midst of the catur-vyuha. He has full opulences and
resides in Vaikunthaloka far beyond
the material creation. (Cc. Adi 1.8)
5.4
maya-bhartajanda-sanghasrayangah
sete saksat karanambhodhi-madhye
yasyaikamsah sri-puman adi-devas
tam sri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Sri Nityananda
Rama, whose
partial representation called Karanodakasayi
Visnu, lying on the Karana
ocean, is the original Purusa, the master of the illusory
energy and the shelter
of all the universes. (Cc. Adi 1.9)
5.5
yasyamsamsah srila-garbhoda-sayi
yan-nabhy-abjam loka-sanghata-nalam
loka-srastuh sutika-dhama dhatus
tam sri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Sri
Nityananda Rama, a partial
part of whom is Garbhodaksayi
Visnu. From the navel of Garbhodaksayi
Visnu sprouts the lotus stem
that is the birthplace of Brahma, the engineer
of the Universe. The stem of that lotus is the resting
place of the multitude
of planets. (Cc.
Adi 1.10)
5.6
yasyamsamsamsah paratmakhilanam
posta visnur bhati dugdhabdhi-sayi
ksauni-bharta yat-kala so 'py anantas
tam sri-nityananda-ramam prapadye
I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Sri
Nityananda Rama, whose
secondary part is the Visnu lying in the ocean of milk. That
Ksirodakasayi
Visnu is the Supersoul of all
living entities and the maintainer of all the
universe. Sesa Naga is His further
sub-part. (Cc. Adi 1.11)
Baladeva is the Original Sankarsana
5.7
sri-balarama gosani mula-sankarsana
panca-rupa dhari' karena krsnera sevana
apane karena krsna-lilara sahaya
srsti-lila-karya kare dhari' cari kaya
Lord Balarama is the original Sankarsana. He assumes five
other forms
to serve Lord Krsna. He helps in the pastimes of Lord
Krsna, and He does
the work of creation in four other forms. (Cc. Adi 5.8,9)
Balarama and Nityananda are non
Different
5.8
prema-pracarana
ara pasanda-dalana
dui-karye avadhuta karena bhramana
For two purposes to spread the cult of bhakti and to
defeat and sub-
due the atheists Lord Nityananda, the most dedicated
devotee of the Lord,
moved throughout the country. (Cc. Antya 3.149)
The Glories of Nityananda Prabhu
5.9
jagat mataya nitai premera malasate
palaya durdanta kali padiya vibhrate
ki sukhe bhasila jiva gauracandera nate
dekhiya suniya pasandira
buk phate
[All glories to Nityananda Prabhu!] Maddened by ecstatic
love of
Godhead, he overwhelmed the
universe with ecstasy. He slapped his hands
together like a warrior who is about to attack, and upon
seeing this, the
wicked Kali fled in terror, fearing for his life. All souls
were drowned in
happiness because of the dancing of Sri Gauranga [and
Nityananda]. Seeing
such dancing, or even hearing of it, melts the hearts even
of great atheists.
(Gitavali, Nagara-kirtana, 8)
5.10
jaya jaya nityananda,
nityananda-rama
yanhara krpate painu
vrndavana-dhama
jaya jaya nityananda, jaya
krpa-maya
yanha haite painu rupa-sanatanasraya
yanha haite painu raghunatha-mahasaya
yanha haite painu
sri-svarupa-asraya
sanatana-krpaya painu bhaktira siddhanta
sri-rupa-krpaya painu bhakti-rasa-pranta
jaya jaya nityananda-caranaravinda
yanha haite painu
sri-radha-govinda
All glory, all glory to Lord Nityananda Balarama, by
whose mercy I
have attained shelter in the transcendental abode of
Vrndavana. All glory,
all glory to the merciful Lord Nityananda, by whose mercy
I have attained
shelter of Sri Rupa and Sanatana. By His mercy, I have
attained the shelter
of the great Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, and by His
mercy I have found
the refuge of Sri Svarupa Damodara. By the mercy of
Sanatana Gosvami I
have learned the final conclusions of devotional service,
and by the grace of
Sri Rupa Gosvami I have
tasted the highest nectar of devotional service.
All glory, all glory to the
lotus feet of Lord Nityananda, by whose mercy I
have attained Sri Radha-Govinda.
(Cc. Adi. 5.200-204)
Nityananda is the Savior of the Most
Fallen
5.11
jagai madhai haite muni se papistha
purisera kita haite muni se laghistha
mora nama sune yei
mora nama laya yei
emana nirghrna more keba krpa
kare
eka nityananda vinu jagat bhitare
preme matta nityananda krpa-avatara
uttama, adhama, kichu na kare vicara
ye age padaye, tare karaye
nistara
ataeva nistarila mo-hena duracara
I am more sinful than Jagai and Madhai
and even lower than the worms
in stool. Anyone who hears my name loses the results of
his pious activities.
Whoever utters my name
becomes sinful. Who in this world but Nityananda
could show His mercy to such an abominable person as me?
Because He is
intoxicated by ecstatic love and is an incarnation of mercy, He
does not dis-
tinguish between
the good and the bad. He delivers all those who fall down
before Him. Therefore He has delivered such a sinful and
fallen person as
me. (Cc. Adi
5.205-209)
Freedom from Anarthas and the Desire for Bhakti
is
Strengthened by the Mercy of Nitai
5.12
samsarera para hai' bhaktira sagare
ye dubibe se bhajuk
nitai-candere
One who would cross over the ocean of material existence
and swim in
the bhakti ocean should worship the lotus feet of
Nityananda.
(Cb. Adi 1.77)
Nityananda is the Foremost Preacher
5.13
caitanyera adi-bhakta nityananda-raya
caitanyera yaso vaise
yanhara jihvaya
aharnisa caitanyera katha prabhu kaya
tan're bhajile se caitanye bhakti
haya
Lord Caitanya's first and foremost devotee is Nityananda
Raya. The
glories of Lord Caitanya are always on his tongue. Day and
night Lord
Nityananda speaks only of
Lord Caitanya. Whoever worships Him is a real
devotee of Sri Caitanya. (C.Bhag.
Adi 9.217-218)
Nityananda mad About Serving Sri
Caitanya
5.14
nityananda avadhuta sabate agala
caitanyera dasya-preme ha-ila pagala
Nityananda, the wandering mendicant, is the foremost of
all the ser-
vants of Lord
Caitanya. He is like the gateway through which all service to
Lord Caitanya must pass. He
became mad in the ecstasy of service to Lord
Caitanya. (Cc. Adi
6.48)
Those who Have no Faith that Gaura and
Nitai
are Inseparable
are Offenders and Atheists
5.15
dui bhai eka-tanu samana-prakasa
nityananda na mana, tomara habe
sarva-nasa
ekete visvasa, anye na kara sammana
"ardha-kukkuti-nyaya"
tomara pramana
These two brothers (Gaura and Nitai) are like one body;
they are iden-
tical
manifestations. If you do not believe in Lord Nityananda, you will
down. If you have faith in one, but disrespect the other,
your logic is like the
logic of accepting half a hen. (Cc. Adi 5.175,176)
Faith in Gaura Without
Nitai, or Nitai Without Gaura,
is Flickering
Faith and in Opposition to Pure Devotional Service
5.16
kimva, dooha na manina hao ta' pasanda
eke mani' are na mani, ei-mata bhanda
It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both
brothers than a
hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other. (Cc. Adi 5.177)
Thus ends the Fifth Jewel of Gaudiya Kanthahara, entitled Nityananda-tattva.
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