Nityananda Caritamrta
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Lord Caitanya Instructs Nityänanda Prabhu to Marry<br />
inspiration. Whatever I speak and do and wherever I travel is<br />
all due to Your desire. All My servants are Your servants.”<br />
Nityänanda replied, “Your words are full of deceit because<br />
it is Your nature to speak in many different ways. Previously,<br />
You sent a message to the gopés through Uddhava, in which You<br />
taught them the importance of cultivating spiritual knowledge.<br />
They had given up everything and still, they could not attain<br />
Your association. It is Your eternal habit to harass Your own<br />
people. You even disappointed Your mother, father, sons, and<br />
friends, so what can be said about us? We are Your menial servants.<br />
I am destined to follow Your orders without fail. Who can<br />
deny Your infallible commands?<br />
“O Lord, please tell Me in truth—when will I see You again?<br />
How will I tolerate the agony of Your separation?”<br />
“You do not need to come here every year,” the Lord replied.<br />
“Whenever You wish to see Me, You will see Me. Whenever You<br />
dance in kértana, or whenever My mother cooks for Me, I will<br />
come there without a doubt. I am going to spend My days and<br />
nights absorbed in the mood of Rädhäräëé. After relishing the<br />
mood of separation from Kåñëa, I will wind up these pastimes<br />
and return home.”<br />
The Lord’s intimate devotees who realized these secret talks<br />
between Çré Caitanya and Nityänanda Prabhu have disclosed<br />
them.<br />
“This present incarnation of Mine is not known to the Vedas.<br />
I am revealing My mind only to You. I am telling You the truth,<br />
that I will certainly appear in Your house in the near future.”<br />
After hearing these words of Lord Caitanya, Nityänanda<br />
Prabhu fell to the ground. Taking advantage of this, Caitanya<br />
Mahäprabhu took the dust from His feet. Both the Lords<br />
embraced and continuously cried. They stayed awake the entire<br />
night. Early the next morning, both Lords finished Their<br />
morning duties and then went to see Lord Jagannätha in the<br />
temple. From that day onwards, the condition of Lord Caitanya<br />
became most pathetic. He constantly lamented, being afflicted<br />
with feelings of separation from Kåñëa. Nobody could understand<br />
this most confidential mood of the Lord. Only the Lord<br />
comprehended His own mentality. However, some intimate<br />
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