Nityananda Caritamrta

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ÇRÉ NITYÄNANDA CARITÄMÅTA
Both had prayed to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya that Lord
Nityänanda would be their husband, birth after birth.
On an auspicious day, at an auspicious time, and during a
most auspicious conjunction of the stars, the fortunate Vasudhä
bore a son who was as bright as the moon. The people of
the three worlds floated in an ocean of bliss, chanting the holy
names of Lord Hari. The multitudes in heaven and on earth
glorified Vasudhä for having such a beautiful child. He was born
on the fourth day in the bright fortnight of the moon in the
month of January. Vasudhä gave birth to this child after keeping
him in her womb for fifteen months.
It was Lord Gauracandra who manifested as Çré Véracandra
Prabhu. Those who never saw Gauracandra were able to see
Him in the form of Véracandra. This most enchanting child
enjoyed numerous childhood pastimes as he grew up.
One day, while Lord Nityänanda was sitting in the courtyard,
Abhiräma 24 arrived. He called out loudly, “O dear brother,
Balaräma,” and entering the courtyard, began to laugh. Lord
Nityänanda rushed to embrace him. Abhiräma sweetly said to
Nityänanda, “I heard that You have a son. Let me see him. I
want to offer him obeisances.”
“You know everything,” Nityänanda said. “I do not know
who has come as My son.”
Nityänanda Prabhu and Abhiräma mostly communicated
with each other by gestures and postures. Out of love and affection,
they embraced one another and cried. When Vasudhä
heard that Abhiräma had come, she thought, “I do not know
what plan Kåñëa has. I have heard lately that any Deity Abhiräma
offers obeisances to immediately cracks.”
The child Véracandra was lying on a wooden cot holding a
colorful piece of cloth on his chest, his eyes half-closed so that
it appeared as if lotus petals were trapping bumblebees in the
24 Abhiräma was the cowherd boy of Vraja named Çrédäma. He
did not take birth from the womb of a mother. In his eternal spiritual
body he came to Bengal and established his äçrama at Khänäkulakåñëa-nagara.
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