Nityananda Caritamrta
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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA<br />
caste, the stars, and family. Although You are the Supreme Personality<br />
of Godhead, Näräyaëa, You are an outcaste, and I am<br />
a brähmaëa.”<br />
Hearing this reply, Nityänanda Prabhu left that place while<br />
everyone watched in wonder. Süryadäsa Paëòita felt disappointed<br />
and went inside his house.<br />
“Will my dream come true?” He thought. “O Lord Kåñëa,<br />
will it ever come to be by the arrangement of providence that<br />
Nityänanda Prabhu will become my son-in-law?”<br />
Pondering over this, Süryadäsa assembled his relatives and<br />
informed them of the Lord’s proposal. “Last night, I had an astonishing<br />
dream,” he said. “I saw a wonderful person come to<br />
my house, sitting on a chariot with a flag. He was huge, like a<br />
mighty wrestler. His complexion was golden and His eyes were<br />
reddish. He got down from the chariot and smilingly asked, ‘Is<br />
this Paëòitajé’s house?’ He carried a plough on His shoulder and<br />
held a stick in His hand. He gestured for me to come. Flowers<br />
decorated His hair, and He wore golden earrings. He was dressed<br />
in blue garments and anklets decorated His feet. He said to me,<br />
‘I am going to marry your daughter. You have not recognized Me<br />
until today.’ Saying this, He suddenly disappeared. I then got<br />
out of bed and found that it was morning.”<br />
As Jähnavä listened to her father’s talks from within her<br />
room, her natural love for the Lord arose within her heart. Indeed,<br />
tears of love began to flow from her eyes. She covered her<br />
face with a cloth, but the cloth became soaked with her tears.<br />
“My dear friends, I have told you about my wonderful<br />
dream,” Paëòita continued.<br />
“We see so many things in our dreams, someone replied.<br />
“Nityänanda Prabhu is the Supreme Brahman, and we are but<br />
householders. How can we offer Him our daughter?”<br />
Süryadäsa Paëòita was naturally very soft-hearted. Upon hearing<br />
this, he became distressed and cried, “Save me! Save me!”<br />
Suddenly, everyone heard a cry coming from inside the<br />
house. Something had happened to Jahnavä. They rushed inside<br />
and picked her up and then brought her out onto the front<br />
veranda. She was unconscious and her eyes had rolled upwards<br />
in their sockets. Her entire body had become cold, and her face<br />
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