Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
My dear brothers, listen with utmost attention to the topics<br />
of Çeña-khaëòa that describe Lord Nityänanda’s meeting with<br />
His devotees.<br />
One auspicious day, after having taken sannyäsa, Lord Caitanya,<br />
along with His devotees, happily departed for Néläcala.<br />
“Listen, magnanimous Nityänanda. Go at once to Navadvépa,”<br />
the Lord said. “Try to relieve the distress of all the devotees,<br />
headed by Çréväsa Paëòita. Tell everyone in Navadvépa that I<br />
am going to Néläcala to see Lord Jagannätha. On the way to<br />
Néläcala, I will visit the house of Advaita Äcärya in Çäntipura,<br />
and I will wait there for everyone. You should gather all the<br />
devotees and bring them to Çäntipura. In the meantime, I will<br />
visit Phuliyä 18 , the place of Haridäsa Öhäkura.”<br />
By the order of the Lord, Nityänanda Prabhu set out for<br />
Navadvépa, intoxicated by transcendental mellows of love of<br />
God. Overwhelmed with ecstasy, Nityänanda Prabhu constantly<br />
roared like an intoxicated lion. His pastimes are beyond the<br />
Vedic prescriptions and prohibitions. Sometimes He climbed up<br />
a kadamba tree, and sometimes He played a flute while standing<br />
in a threefold bending posture.<br />
Sometimes He rolled in the pastures, and sometimes He<br />
drank milk from a cow, just like a calf. He danced along the<br />
entire path out of His own sweet will. He was merged so deeply<br />
in the ocean of bliss that He completely forgot Himself. Sometimes<br />
He would sit down on the road and cry. Hearing His crying<br />
melted the hearts of the people. Sometimes He laughed out<br />
loud, and sometimes He took off His cloth and tied it around<br />
His head. Sometimes, in His mood of Ananta, He floated enchantingly<br />
on the waves of the Ganges.<br />
The glories of Nityänanda Prabhu are inconceivable and<br />
unfathomable. His causeless mercy is matchless within the three<br />
worlds. Floating like this, Nityänanda finally reached the bathing<br />
ghäöas of Navadvépa. Controlling His ecstasy, Nityänanda<br />
18 The village of Phuliyä is in the district of Nadia. From Sealdah<br />
railway station one can take a train on the Lal Gola route, get off<br />
at Ränaghat, and then go to Çäntipura.<br />
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