Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
Nityänanda Prabhu, along with His associates, happily resided<br />
at the village of Pänihäöi for some time. Always overwhelmed<br />
with prema, Nityänanda would often go into a trance of ecstasy.<br />
When He desired to dance, three famous singers would hurriedly<br />
come. Greatly pious Mädhava Ghoña was very expert in<br />
performing kértana. Indeed, there was no better singer in the<br />
world. He was known as the singer of Våndävana and was very<br />
dear to Nityänanda Svarüpa.<br />
As soon as the three brothers, Mädhava, Govinda, and<br />
Väsudeva, would begin to sing, the Supreme Lord Nityänanda<br />
would begin to dance. When supremely powerful Avadhüta<br />
Nit-yänanda danced, the earth would shake with His every<br />
step. He continually chanted the Holy name of Lord Hari. Seeing<br />
His towering figure and ecstatic dancing, the people were<br />
struck with wonder. Sometimes, when He glanced at someone<br />
while dancing, that person would fall onto the ground, being<br />
filled with love of God and absorbed in transcendental mellows.<br />
This marked the auspicious beginning of Lord Nityänanda’s<br />
deliverance of the fallen conditioned souls. He would<br />
dance for a long time, manifesting all the signs of ecstatic love<br />
of Çré Kåñëa.<br />
After some time, Nityänanda Prabhu sat down on a throne<br />
and ordered His servants to perform His abhiñeka. All the devotees,<br />
headed by Räghava Paëòita, quickly arranged for the abhiñeka,<br />
bringing thousands of pitchers of Ganges water that was<br />
then mixed with varieties of perfume. With great satisfaction,<br />
they poured this scented water on Lord Nityänanda’s head.<br />
Everyone chanted, “Hari, Hari!” on all sides. They recited<br />
suitable mantras while performing the abhiñeka and sang songs<br />
in glorification of Nityänanda Prabhu. All the Lord’s associates<br />
became submerged in an ocean of bliss. After the abhiñeka, the<br />
devotees dressed Nityänanda Prabhu in new cloth and applied<br />
sandalwood paste to His body. They decorated His broad chest<br />
with a garland of beautiful flowers and tulasé leaves. They then<br />
placed a throne decorated with gold before the Lord.<br />
Lord Nityänanda sat upon the throne while Çré Räghavänanda<br />
held an umbrella above His head. The devotees began<br />
to glorify Nityänanda Prabhu so that there arose a great cry on<br />
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