Nityananda Caritamrta

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CHAPTER TEN
Mädhäi’s Prayers to Nityänanda Prabhu
and His Devotional Service
By the mercy of Lord Caitanya, both Jagäi and Mädhäi
continued to reside at Nadia as the most pious persons.
They woke up early in the morning and bathed in the Ganges
at a solitary place. They regularly chanted the holy names of
Kåñëa two hundred thousand times a day. They constantly condemned
themselves for all their past misdeeds and cried while
chanting the holy names. Receiving the mercy of Kåñëa, they
became most magnanimous, seeing everyone as being dear to
Kåñëa. Remembering their former envy, they would constantly
cry and fall onto the ground.
“Gauracandra, O dear father, You are the deliverer of the
fallen souls.” Remembering this constantly, they constantly shed
tears. In ecstatic love for Kåñëa, they forgot to eat. Remembering
the causeless mercy of Lord Caitanya, they would cry piteously.
Lord Viçvambhara and His followers repeatedly consoled
them with sweet and assuring words. Although the
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