Nityananda Caritamrta

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