Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
family and stay in Your home. I will distribute kåñëa-bhakti and<br />
deliver the entire world. These incarnations of Mine are secret<br />
and hidden in the scriptures. No one knows the extent of My<br />
inconceivable energies. Only You know them perfectly and others<br />
know them partially by Your mercy. In Dväpara-yuga, You<br />
did not expand Your family as a member of the Yadu dynasty,<br />
but this time Your family will increase in this world.”<br />
Nityänanda Prabhu replied, “You are the original cause of<br />
everything. You are the operator, and I am the machine. You<br />
can do with Me as You please. No one can direct his intelligence<br />
independently. You are My personal protector, benefactor,<br />
and maintainer. Whatever I do is dependent upon Your<br />
will. You made Me a mendicant who traveled all over the country.<br />
Yet, You put a curtain over My eyes and remained hidden<br />
from Me. After a time, You gave Me darçana and satisfied Me<br />
by keeping Me with You. You made Me dance happily in Your<br />
ecstatic love. You awarded Me bhakti and made Me a Vaiñëava.<br />
Again, You made Me a materialist by changing My duties. I<br />
am unable to understand what is happening to Me. Now You<br />
tell Me to enter family life, although You abandoned such an<br />
existence. You gave up all attachment to women and simply<br />
became attached to the chanting of Lord Kåñëa’s holy name.<br />
You have given up all kinds of enjoyment and taken up the<br />
profession of a beggar.<br />
“O Gosäi, why do You trouble Me like this? Actually, I have<br />
no one other than You. I am Your eternal servant, and so I am<br />
unable to deny Your order. I always follow Your order as My very<br />
life and soul.”<br />
After saying this much, Nityänanda Prabhu fell silent. The<br />
Lord then caught hold of His hands and said, “O Nityänanda,<br />
You are the form of eternal bliss and the abode of My happiness<br />
and prosperity. You are My energy, and I am the energetic.<br />
Without energy, the existence of the energetic is useless. You<br />
and I are not separate at any time. To fulfill Our mission, We<br />
have descended in this age of Kali. Just as a grain of däl has<br />
two parts, so You and I are not separate. We are one. My happiness<br />
lies in You alone. Sometimes, I experience transcendental<br />
happiness directly by Your presence and sometimes through<br />
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