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