Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
“What do You not see with Your divine vision? You are the<br />
supreme controller of everyone’s mind and life. Whatever You<br />
inspire Me to do, I will do. Before, You made Me accept the<br />
renounced order of life. Now You have turned Me into this. I<br />
left the life of an ascetic and now carry a flute, stick, horns,<br />
and bracelets. You gave the treasure of austerity and devotion to<br />
Your dear associates, headed by Çré Advaita Äcärya, but just see<br />
what You have done to Me. You have made Me leave the life of<br />
an ascetic so that ordinary people now laugh at Me. I am Your<br />
puppet. Make Me dance for Your pleasure. Are You are punishing<br />
Me or rewarding Me? Only You know. By Your causeless<br />
mercy, You can even make a tree chant Your holy names.”<br />
Lord Caitanya replied, “The ornaments You wear represent<br />
the nine kinds of devotional service and nothing else. Hearing,<br />
chanting, remembering, offering obeisances, and so on are<br />
eternally Your decorations. Ordinary people cannot understand<br />
why Lord Çiva holds the king of snakes on his head. From the<br />
spiritual point of view, Lord Ananta is the life and soul of Lord<br />
Çiva. Mahädeva holds his worshipable Lord in the guise of holding<br />
a snake. Without knowing the depth of his character, if anyone<br />
blasphemes him, his spiritual progress is checked. I do not<br />
find anything but bhakti-rasa in You. I am telling You this from<br />
My heart.<br />
“You are fully absorbed in the happiness of Våndävana as<br />
one of Nanda Mahäräja’s family members. You have decorated<br />
Yourself with various ornaments as an expression of Your happiness.<br />
A fortunate person, one who feels pleasure by seeing Your<br />
mysterious qualities, will surely meet Kåñëa.<br />
“A stick, flute, garland of guïjä and flowers, and sandalwood<br />
paste naturally decorate Your transcendental body. Your associates<br />
appear to Me as being none other than Çrédäma, Sudäma,<br />
and others. I consider that all the cowherd boys of Våndävana<br />
that formerly played with You are now Your associates. They<br />
all have the same mood, complexion, and potency of Nanda<br />
Mahäräja’s relatives. Anyone who loves You and Your devotees<br />
certainly loves Me.”<br />
Who can describe the two Lords’ glorification of one another?<br />
While praising each other, They were filled with transcen-<br />
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