Nityananda Caritamrta
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Lord Nityänanda Breaks Mahäprabhu’s Sannyäsa-daëòa<br />
racandra knows the heart of Nityänanda. They are just like the<br />
two brothers, Çré Räma and Lakñmaëa. They know each other’s<br />
hearts.<br />
To teach devotional service, the one Absolute Truth appeared<br />
in two forms. We can understand Gauracandra only by<br />
the mercy of Nityänanda Prabhu. Who is there more powerful<br />
than Nityänanda Prabhu, who could also break the daëòa of Çré<br />
Caitanya? Çré Gaurasundara explains all these things in some<br />
way or other. Anyone who understands this pastime in truth is<br />
easily delivered from material existence.<br />
After breaking the daëòa, Nityänanda sat down peacefully.<br />
A short time later, Jagadänanda returned. Upon seeing<br />
the Lord’s daëòa broken into pieces, Jagadänanda became very<br />
anxious and astonished.<br />
“Who broke the daëòa?” Jagadänanda asked.<br />
“He who accepted the daëòa. The Lord Himself broke<br />
His daëòa,” Nityänanda replied. “Who else could break His<br />
daëòa?”<br />
Hearing this reply, Jagadänanda said nothing more. He<br />
picked up the broken pieces of daëòa and left at once. He went<br />
further along the road to where he found Çré Gaurasundara sitting<br />
and placed the broken pieces before Him.<br />
“How did the daëòa break?” The Lord asked. “You must<br />
have quarreled with someone on the way.”<br />
Jagadänanda Paëòita narrated the entire incident to the<br />
Lord and said, “The one overwhelmed with grief, Nityänanda,<br />
broke this daëòa.”<br />
Later, Lord Caitanya asked <strong>Nityananda</strong> Prabhu, “Tell Me;<br />
why did You break My daëòa.”<br />
“It is true that I broke this bamboo stick. If You cannot forgive<br />
Me, then punish Me as You like,” Nityänanda replied.<br />
“All the demigods are present within this daëòa and yet<br />
You call it a bamboo stick?” the Lord said.<br />
Who can understand the pastimes of Gaurasundara? If one<br />
understands them in a particular way, there will always remain<br />
something unexplained. Anyone who claims to know the heart<br />
of the Lord is certainly a great fool. If the Lord wants to kill<br />
someone, He may apparently show him affection. He displays<br />
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